NHS

See also: NHs and nẖs

English

Proper noun

NHS or the NHS

  1. (British) Initialism of National Health Service.
    • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 294:
      Thank god for the NHS, because if I had to pay for these sessions myself I wouldnʼt get close to halfway to recovery before bankrupting myself.
    • 2024 June 9, “What is socialism? Just look at the NHS”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The NHS is essentially a system of mutual medical aid with state funding, paid for by income tax – the more you earn, the more you contribute – which means it is firmly rooted in the socialist principle “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”.
  2. (US) Initialism of National Highway System.
  3. (US) Initialism of National Honors Society.

Noun

NHS (countable and uncountable, plural NHSes)

  1. (countable, US) Initialism of National Historic Site.
  2. (uncountable, Philippines) Initialism of national high school.

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