erp

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of effective refractory period.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of enterprise resource planning.

   “Businesses of all sizes depend on software to operate. Two of the most important operations of any business are managing its internal resources and staying in close contact with customers. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) products help companies keep their internal operations running smoothly, while customer relationship management (CRM) software maintains and maximizes their interactions with existing and potential customers.”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of equity risk premium.
5. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of erotic roleplay.

   “The guild, called Abhorrent Taboo on WoW's Ravenholdt server, attracted gamers through its participation in Erotic Roleplay (ERP). In the case of massive multiplayer online games, this usually involves grinding avatars together to simulate sexual encounters and erotically-charged text chatting.”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of estimated retail price.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of event-related potential.

name

1. (Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Electronic Road Pricing.

   “Electronic road pricing (ERP)is one of the main tools which is keeping Singapore’s traffic problems within manageable levels.”

   “Many car parks are now run using the same in-vehicle unit and cashcard and ERP gantries instead of the coupon system.”

   “However, the term ERP is unique to Singapore, and it serves to differentiate the fact that charges are not collected at physical toll stations but are done automatically on the roadways.”

   “The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called a tender to develop Singapore's next generation electronic road pricing system. The new system will be based on Global Navigation Satellite System technology.”

   “Singapore has cleared the way for its next-generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system, which will have islandwide coverage and the ability to charge according to distance travelled.”

verb

1. (Internet)To act out erotic roleplay.

   “She [M] continues by elaborating that ERPing with C also serves, “as a catalyst for sexual exploration.... I think we’ve been more willing and able to explore our interests together.””

   “Well suffice to say we all got pretty hot with the session, one of the ladies had never ERPed or done anything sexual with another female and was very submissive to both myself and the other female player. I’m very descriptive when I ERP, I like it to be as real and visceral as possible, and they got off on that big time.”

   ““[…] There are even zones on certain servers where people go to ERP.” “ERP?” “Erotic role play.” “You go into these games to have sex?””

   “Each community hosts a range of different events, some groups prefer chilled meetups while others opt for flashy DJ-events with corners for people to ERP in.”