As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
ampere, amp
(noun) the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites; “a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
AMP
(biochemistry) Initialism of adenosine monophosphate.
(internet) Initialism of Accelerated Mobile Pages.
• APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
amp (countable and uncountable, plural amps)
(colloquial, countable) Short for ampere.
(colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier.
(colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule.
(colloquial, countable) Short for amputee.
(colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin.
amp (third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped)
(colloquial, usually, with up) To amplify.
(colloquial, usually, with up) To excite.
(colloquial, usually, with up) To intensify or increase.
• APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
Source: Wiktionary
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.