| PET | inferior in rank or status |
|---|---|
| PET | racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places |
| PET | lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.) |
| PET | a small fund of cash that a firm keeps for the payment of incidental expenses |
| PET | a petty disparagement |
| PET | a member of a petit jury |
| PET | a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings |
| PET | larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) |
| PET | unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels |
| PET | a noncommissioned officer in the navy with a rank comparable to sergeant in the army |
| PET | an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States |
| PET | prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe |