Pru
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pru"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Pru
- A diminutive of the female given name Prudence.
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Shortening of Prudential.
Proper noun edit
the Pru
- (UK, informal) Prudential plc, a financial services company based in the United Kingdom.
- 1991, The Economist:
- So, against its original aims in buying the firm — but convinced by Mr Ball that this was the direction in which to go — the Pru followed.
- 1995, Kathleen Sharp, In Good Faith:
- Also during the 1990s, the Pru aggressively jumped into the group insurance business, the purchase by companies of insurance policies for groups of workers.
- 2006, Frances Brassington, Stephen Pettitt, Principles of marketing:
- In B2B situations where The Pru and Equitable Life jointly provide products, the business has tended to shift towards The Pru.