PX

abbr. US post exchange.

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noun

a commissary on a United States Army post

• Syn: ↑post exchange

• Hypernyms: ↑commissary

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I. \(ˈ)pē|eks\ abbreviation or noun (plural PXs \\-eksə̇z\)

post exchange

II. abbreviation

1. please exchange

2. private exchange

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pl. PXs. U.S. Army.

See post exchange.

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PX /pē eks/

noun

A shop selling goods for US servicemen and their families overseas

ORIGIN: Abbrev of ↑post and ↑exchange

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PX (no periods) or P.X.,

post exchange: »

Her colleagues delighted in baked beans from the PX (New Yorker).

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abbr.

■ Pedro Ximenes

■ post exchange

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abbr

US post exchange

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PX 7 [PX] [ˌpiː ˈeks] [ˌpiː ˈeks] (pl. PXs [ˌpiː ˈeksɪz] ; [ˌpiː ˈeksɪz] ) noun

post exchange (a shop/store at a US military base that sells food, clothes and other things)

 

Culture:

Prices are cheaper than in regular shops because there are no taxes and the PX does not make a profit. Such a shop on a US Air Force base is called a BX (base exchange) and on a US Navy base or ship it is called a commissary.