ER

ER has 3 meanings
1. What does ER stand for?

Emergency room

ER stands for emergency room, which is a medical facility in a hospital. It specializes in the care of patients that require immediate attention.

The emergency room helps all sorts of people that suffer from a variety of ailments, such as head injuries, broken arms, and serious burns. The emergency room operates 24 hours a day as people don't ever take a break from getting hurt. ER was also the title of the popular and long-running medical drama on NBC, which ran from 1994 to 2009.

Example

She passed out and was unconscious so we called and ambulance and they took her to the ER
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ER means
ER means Emergency room

Related Slang

24/7Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
ICUIntensive care unit
ITUIntensive treatment unit
CCUCritical care unit
medsMedications
HMOHealth maintenance organization
PPOPreferred provider organization
PCPPrimary care physician
OMGOh my gosh
trblTerrible

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Health Terms
Updated July 29, 2016
2. What is er short for?

Employer

An abbreviation for employer that commonly appears in the payroll world; commonly seen when describing a tax type, like Social Security; similar to the ee abbreviation for "employee."

Example

I had to redo the sheet because I filled out the spaces for the er instead of the ee

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eeEmployee
SUTAState Unemployed Tax Act
FUTAFederal Unemployment Tax Act
FICAFederal Insurance Contributions Act
IRSInternal Revenue Service
ITRIncome Tax Return
EBTEarnings before taxes

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Financial Terms
Updated February 11, 2015
3. What does ER stand for?

Earned runs

A baseball statistic that is used to keep track of the amount of earned runs a pitcher has allowed.

An earned run is a run that the pitcher has given up that wasn't a result of a fielding error caused by a defensive player. The ERA stat signifies how many earned runs a pitcher has given up for every nine innings, which is the length of a standard baseball game.

Example

He pitched a CG, gave up 1ER and still lost!

Related Slang

PPitcher
SPStarting pitcher
RPRelief pitcher
CGComplete games
WWin
LLosses
ERAEarned run average
MLBMajor League Baseball

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Sports TermsBaseball
Updated October 15, 2014

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