PRA
n.— «The Bush administration is taking great pains to call for “personal retirement accounts” (PRAs will soon enter the lexicon). » —“Key factors for change in Social Security” by Tracy Warner Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Feb. 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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