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Business English Abbreviations and Acronyms Guide

This document provides a list of common abbreviations and acronyms used in business. Some examples included are acct. for account, ad or advert for advertisement, approx. for approximately, APR for annual percentage rate, ASAP for as soon as possible, ATTN to indicate who a letter is for, B2B for business to business, BA for Bachelor of Arts, and BS for Bachelor of Science degree. Many other common abbreviations found in business documents, emails and correspondence are also defined, such as CEO for Chief Executive Officer, CFO for Chief Financial Officer, Corp. for Corporation, ETA for estimated time of arrival, GDP for Gross Domestic Product, and LLC for limited liability company.

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Business English Abbreviations and Acronyms Guide

This document provides a list of common abbreviations and acronyms used in business. Some examples included are acct. for account, ad or advert for advertisement, approx. for approximately, APR for annual percentage rate, ASAP for as soon as possible, ATTN to indicate who a letter is for, B2B for business to business, BA for Bachelor of Arts, and BS for Bachelor of Science degree. Many other common abbreviations found in business documents, emails and correspondence are also defined, such as CEO for Chief Executive Officer, CFO for Chief Financial Officer, Corp. for Corporation, ETA for estimated time of arrival, GDP for Gross Domestic Product, and LLC for limited liability company.

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Business English Abbreviations and Acronyms Guide

Below is a list of some common abbreviations and acronyms used in business.

ABBREVIATION OR MEANING

ACRONYM

acct. account

ad advertisement (American English)

advert advertisement (British English)

approx. approximately

APR annual percentage rate (the interest rate for a whole year on a

credit card, loan, mortgage, etc.)


ASAP as soon as possible

ATTN attention (used to indicate who a letter is for -- ATTN Rick Cutts,

for example)
B2B business to business

BA Bachelor of Arts degree

BBA Bachelor of Business Administration degree

BS Bachelor of Science degree

cc carbon copy (means that a duplicate copy has been sent to

another person)
CEO Chief Executive Officer

CFO Chief Financial Officer

Co. Company (as in John Smith and Co.)

COD cash on delivery

corp. corporation

CPA Certified Public Account


ABBREVIATION OR MEANING

ACRONYM

CSR customer service representative

dept. department

div. division

e.g. example given

ea. each

EST Eastern Standard Time

ETA estimated time of arrival

FAQ frequently asked question

fwd. forward

GDP Gross Domestic Product (the value of all goods and services

produced within a country within a period of time)


GNP Gross National Product (the value of all goods and services

produced by the nationals of a country)


govt. government

HQ headquarters

i.e. in other words

Inc. Incorporated (an organization that is its own legal entity)

ISO International Organization for Standardization (an international

organization that develops standards for things such as quality


Jr. Junior
management, food safety management, and environmental
lb. pound (weight)
management)
ABBREVIATION OR MEANING

ACRONYM

limited liability company (a type of business in which the owners


LLC
are normally not responsible for the debts and liabilities of the

business)

max. maximum

MBA Master of Business Administration degree

memo. memorandum (a short note written as a reminder)

mfg. manufacturing

min. minimum

mo. month

N/A not applicable (means that information is not given because it is

unnecessary or irrelevant)
no. number

pkg. package

PO purchase order

PR public relations

PS post script (a short message at the end of a letter)

Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter

qty. quantity

R&D research and development

re in regard to, regarding

recd. received
ABBREVIATION OR MEANING

ACRONYM

ROI return on investment

RSVP Rpondez s'il vous plat, French for "please reply"

SWOT strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

(a SWOT analysis evaluates the strengths, weaknesses,


TBD to be determined
opportunities, and threats of a company, business venture, or
temp temporary secretary
project)

VP vice president

w/ with

w/o without

yr. year

yrly. yearly

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