From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpeppep1 /pep/ verb (pepped, pepping) → pep somebody/something ↔ up→ See Verb table
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pep• This was the most encouragement the boy got there, and it proved not enough to pep up his dismal sales figures.• Lower interest rates designed to pep up the corporate sector threaten to add more fuel to the consumer boom.peppep2 noun [uncountable] informalENERGETIC physical energy an enthusiastic player, full of pep → pep talkExamples from the Corpus
pep• In Harrogate I was to meet my editor for a pep talk.• Rubin himself appeared on stage for a pep talk, a short and stocky 40ish fellow in business blues.• Since I am not a person whose anxiety diminishes at the prospect of certain failure, I gave myself a pep talk.• A pep talk was all it took.• His exercise routine keeps him full of pep.• This is not just a smarmy pep talk but an unflinching discussion of real angst and a real adjustment process.• The metro editor sent me to cover a soccer team pep rally at Columbia University.• I wondered what they said in there, what pep talks were handed out.PEPPEP /pep/ noun (Personal Equity Plan) a type of savings plan introduced by the British government in the 1980s, which allows people to buy small amounts of shares in British companies without having to pay tax on the profits they make by doing this. PEPs were introduced to encourage ordinary people to buy shares. A new savings plan called the ‘ ISA’ replaced PEPs in 1999.From Longman Business DictionaryPEPPEP /pep/ noun [countable]FINANCE Personal Equity Plan; an investment plan introduced by the British government in 1987 to encourage ordinary people to own shares and invest in industry by allowing them to not pay any tax on the money made. In April 1999 PEPs were replaced by ISAsOrigin pep2 (1900-2000) pepper 