PPE

PPE (countable and uncountable, plural PPEs)

1. Initialism of personal protective equipment.
   • 2019 July 9, John James, “What Workshop Safety Gear (PPE) Do You Need to Own?”, in ChooseToolbox.com‎, Two Rabbits Media & Marketing, archived from the original on 9 February 2021:

     Any time you turn on a power tool, use a saw to cut wood, or get on the roof of your house to make a roof repair, PPE can help protect you.

   • 2020 April 11, Nazia Parveen, “Priti Patel says ‘sorry if people feel there have been failings’ over PPE”, in The Guardian‎:

     The home secretary has said she is sorry if people feel there has been a failure to supply sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) to NHS staff, as it was revealed that 19 UK health workers had died after contracting coronavirus.

   • 2021, “Dress for Success! Some Things to Know About PPE Before You Handle a Pesticide”, in National Ag Safety Database‎, retrieved 2021-02-04:

     In addition, there are basic PPE principles and practices that must be understood to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in handling a pesticide.

   • 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:

     Having donned our PPE, we walk through the site to the prefab that controls access to the tunnel.

2. Initialism of property, plant and equipment.

   Synonym: PP&E

3. (UK) Initialism of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, a university degree course.

   Hyponym: modern greats

   • 2011, David Runciman, “Socialism in One Country”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     With his sights on the astonishingly narrow educational formation of the government and opposition front benches, he says: ‘PPE has a lot to answer for.’

4. (computing, historical) Initialism of PCBoard programming executable: a software component used to extend the features of a bulletin board system.

• EPP, PEP, pep

PPE m

1. (European politics) Initialism of Partido Popular Europeo (“EPP (European People's Party)”).