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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pal /pal/ informal

▶noun a friend. ▶verb (pals, palling, palled) (pal up) form a friendship.

– origin C17: from Romany, ‘brother, mate’, based on Sanskrit bhrātṛ ‘brother’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
PAL/pal/

▶noun the television broadcasting system used in most of Europe.

– origin acronym from Phase Alternate Line (so named because the colour information in alternate lines is inverted in phase).

'pal' also found in these Oxford entries:

PAL - pale - palimony - palsy-walsy - paly - pawl - pen pal - pole

Forum discussions with the word(s) "pal" in the title:

buddy, mate, pal
feminine equivalent to mate, lad, pal
internet pen pal / online friend [words for these?]
pal and buddy
what does BITE IT SIDEWAYS, PAL! mean?

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