CR or Cr may refer to:

In business

Credit Record :''This article deals with the general concept of the term credit history. For detailed information about the same topic in the United States, see Credit score in the United States.'' A credit history is a record of a borrower's responsible repay ...

, in accounting * Crown Royal, a brand of Canadian whisky

Organizations

Religious organizations

* Celtic reconstructionism, a form of Polytheism *

Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence The Theatines officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium), abreviated CR, is a Catholic order of clerics regular of Pontifical Right for men founded by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa in Sept. 14, 1524. I ...

(Theatines), a Roman Catholic religious order * Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious order *

Congregation of the Resurrection The Resurrectionists officially named the Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ ( la, Congregatio a Resurrectione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi), abbreviated CR is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right ...

, a Catholic religious order

Other organizations

* Choose Responsibility, a US non-profit addressing alcohol consumption by young adults * College of the Redwoods, a public two-year community college in Humboldt County, California, US *

College Republicans College Republicans are college and university students who support the Republican Party of the United States. Many members belong to the organization College Republican National Committee (CRNC), College Republicans United (CRU), or various in ...

, a college branch of the US political party * Czech Radio, a public radio broadcaster in the Czech Republic

People

* C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician *

Christina Ricci Christina Ricci ( ; born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. Known for playing unusual characters with a dark edge, Ricci predominantly works in independent productions, but has also appeared in numerous box office hits. She has receiv ...

, American actress *

Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker. Known for his work in comic film, television and stage, he has received multiple accolades, including three Grammy Awards for best come ...

, American comedian and actor * Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer * Christopher Reeve, American actor * A Royal cypher representing a monarch ** Charles Rex (CR / CIIIR), the royal cypher of King Charles III

Places

Countries

Coral Sea Islands The Coral Sea Islands Territory is an external territory of Australia which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia. The only inhabited island is W ...

(FIPS country code and obsolete NATO country code CR) *

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

(ISO 3166-1 country code) **

.cr .cr is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Costa Rica. Second-level domains * .ac.cr - Academic: Universities * .co.cr - Commercial * .ed.cr - Education: Colleges, High Schools, etc. * .fi.cr - Financial institutions such as banks, etc ...

, the top-level domain (ccTLD) for Costa Rica * Czech Republic

Other places

* CR postcode area in south London, UK *

Castle Rock (disambiguation) Castle Rock may refer to: Geography Islands * Castle Rock (Alaskan Island), an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska * Castle Rock, Hong Kong (螺洲白排), an island of Hong Kong, part of the Po Toi Islands * Castle Rock (Massachuse ...

Campbell River (disambiguation) Campbell River may refer to: Canada * Campbell Branch Little Black River, in Quebec, Canada; and Maine, United States * Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, a city on Vancouver Island * Campbell River (Vancouver Island), the river on which t ...

, various rivers *

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. ...

, Iowa, US *

Crawford County, Kansas Crawford County (county code CR) is a county located in Southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,972. Its county seat is Girard, and its most populous city is Pittsburg. The county was named in honor of Samuel J ...

, US *

Province of Cremona The Province of Cremona ( it, provincia di Cremona; Cremunés: ; Cremasco: ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the ...

, Italy *

Disney's Contemporary Resort Disney's Contemporary Resort, originally to be named Tempo Bay Hotel and previously the Contemporary Resort Hotel, is a resort located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. Opened on October 1, 1971, the hotel is one of two or ...

, at Walt Disney World

Publications

* ''Casino Royale'' (novel), a James Bond novel * ''Comptes Rendus'' (disambiguation), several proceedings of various academic organizations ** '' Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences'', the proceedings of the French Académie des Sciences, often simply 'Comptes Rendus' or 'CR' * ''

Consumer Reports Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy. Founded ...

'', American magazine * ''Critical Review'' (disambiguation), several publications by this name * ''CR'' (magazine), a magazine published by the American Association for Cancer Research

Mathematics, science, and technology

Biology and medicine

* CR gas, dibenzoxazepine * Calorie restriction * Chemokine receptor *

Complete remission Remission is either the reduction or disappearance of the signs and symptoms of a disease. The term may also be used to refer to the period during which this reduction occurs. A remission may be considered a partial remission or a complete remissio ...

, in oncology * Computed radiography * Controlled/continuous release, see time release technology * Creatine, a molecule found in myocytes * Critically endangered species

Computing and telecommunications

* Candidate recommendation, in W3C recommendations * Carriage return, a new line of text in typing and computing * Challenge-response spam filtering * Code review, a systematic examination of computer source code during development * Cognitive radio, an outgrowth of software-defined radio * Cognitive robotics * Control Register * Card reader

Other uses in mathematics, science, and technology

Chromium Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal. Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and hardne ...

, symbol Cr, a chemical element * Cr or CR, an improper designation given to astronomical objects in the Collinder catalog of open clusters from Collinder 1–471 *

Change request A change request (aka Change Control Request, or CCR) is a document containing a call for an adjustment of a system; it is of great importance in the change management process. Purpose and elements A change request is declarative, i.e. it state ...

, a document containing a call for an adjustment of a system *

Compression ratio The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values. A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the stati ...

, the ratio of the volume of a combustion chamber from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity * Concentration ratio, in economics *

Conjugate residual method The conjugate residual method is an iterative numeric method used for solving systems of linear equations. It's a Krylov subspace method very similar to the much more popular conjugate gradient method, with similar construction and convergence prop ...

, an iterative numeric method used for solving systems of linear equations * Complex resistivity (measurement method), a measurement method in geophysics * Cosmic rays

Photography

Camera Raw Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in raster ...

, an image file raw converter by Adobe

Sports

Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...

, a Major League Baseball team *

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

, another Major League Baseball team * Colorado Rockies (NHL), a former National Hockey League team * Cristiano Ronaldo, footballer * Commonwealth record in athletics * Commonwealth record in swimming

Transport

Railways

* Caledonian Railway (Scotland) * Commonwealth Railways (Australia) * Central Railway (India) *

Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways, formally The Chiltern Railway Company Limited, is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996. Since 2009, it has been a subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains. Chiltern Railw ...

(England) *

China Railway China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China. China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout Ch ...

, or China Railway Corporation, a national corporation in

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, sli ...

Consolidated Rail Corporation Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do bus ...

(Conrail), US *

Copper Range Railroad The Copper Range Railroad was a former U.S. Class I railroad that operated from 1899 to 1972 in the western Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan. History The Copper Range Railroad was incorporated in 1899 as a successor to the Northern M ...

Roads

County highway A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...

, county road, or county route *

Legislative route (Minnesota) In the U.S. state of Minnesota, a legislative route is a highway number defined by the Minnesota State Legislature. The routes from 1 to 70 are constitutional routes, defined as part of the Babcock Amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution, p ...

or constitutional route

Other uses

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Clash Royale ''Clash Royale'' is a free-to-play real-time strategy video game developed and published by Supercell. The game combines elements from collectible card games, tower defense, and multiplayer online battle arena. The game was released globall ...

'', a popular mobile strategy game developed and published by Supercell *

Chart Rulership Chart rulers Classic astrology Chart rulership has changed over time due to the discovery of previously unknown planets. In classic astrology, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn were the only planets visible to the naked eye and ...

or Chart Ruler, in astrology *

Comfort room A toilet is a small room used for privately accessing the sanitation fixture (toilet) for urination and defecation. Toilet rooms often include a sink (basin) with soap/handwash for handwashing, as this is important for personal hygiene. These roo ...

, another name for a public toilet *

Consciousness raising Consciousness raising (also called awareness raising) is a form of activism popularized by United States feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to focus the attention of a wider group on some cause or ...

, in social activism *

Continuing resolution In the United States, a continuing resolution (often abbreviated to CR) is a type of appropriations legislation. An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, ag ...

, a type of appropriations legislation in the US *

Cookie Run ''Cookie Run'' ( Hangul: 쿠키런; RR: ''Kukileon'', stylized in CamelCase) is a series of online mobile endless running games developed by Devsisters. Inspired by the classic folk tale '' The Gingerbread Man'', the series is set in a world ...

, a side-scrolling mobile casual video game by Devsisters *

Councillor A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...

, a title for a public servant, used in Australia and New Zealand * Cree language (ISO 639 alpha-2 code CR) *

Critical reading Critical reading is a form of language analysis that does not take the given text at face value, but involves a deeper examination of the claims put forth as well as the supporting points and possible counterarguments. The ability to reinterpret ...

, a skill measured by the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) * ''

Critical Role ''Critical Role'' is an American web series in which a group of professional voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The show started streaming partway through the cast's first campaign in March 2015. Campaign one ended in October 2017 afte ...

'', a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' show **

Critical Role Productions Critical Role Productions, LLC is a multimedia production company incorporated in 2015 by the members of the creator-owned streaming show ''Critical Role''. The first two shows from the company, ''Critical Role'' and ''Talks Machina'', originally ...

; the associated media production company * Crore, a number representing 10,000,000 in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system * Cr$ or ₢, symbol for

Brazilian cruzeiro Brazilian cruzeiro refers to any of four distinct Brazilian currencies: * Brazilian cruzeiro (1942–1967), worth 1,000 Brazilian réis * Brazilian cruzeiro (1967–1986), denominated ''cruzeiro novo'' between 1967 and 1970 in the transition fr ...