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NPV may refer to:

Society

  • Net present value, an economic standard method for evaluating competing long-term projects in capital budgeting
  • National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an initiative in the United States to elect the presidential candidate with the most votes nationwide
  • De Nederlandse Padvinders (Netherlands Pathfinders), a precursor to Scouting Nederland, the national scouting organisation of the Netherlands

Science

  • Negative predictive value, in biostatistics, the proportion of patients with negative test results who are correctly diagnosed
  • Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus, a virus that infects butterflies and moths
  • Negative Phase Velocity, an electromagnetic property induced by some exotic optical materials
  • Negative pressure ventilator, a type of mechanical ventilator that stimulates an ill person's breathing by periodically applying negative air pressure to their body to expand and contract the chest cavity

See also