perm UK /pɜːm/US /pɝm/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •(informal) A permutation. •Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”). •A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools. •Permission verb1 •To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc. formspermed · perming · perms
perm. adjective1 •Abbreviation of permanent.DIGS Reqd., single man, ex-Army, anywhere Fish Dock - Aire-st. bus route; sit.-room or bed-sit. room, small family, similar. Perm. if suitable. Terms. All answered.—Write 1000, Mail, Hull. — 1946
Perm noun3 •A krai of Russia, near the Ural Mountains. •A city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia. •A historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga.