| |
Meaning |
| acct. |
account, accountant
|
| A.D. |
anno Domini, in the year of the Lord
|
| adv. |
advertising
|
| Adm. |
administrator
|
| AFL-CIO |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
|
| agt. |
agent, agreement
|
| a.m. |
before noon, (ラテン ante meridiem)
|
| AMS |
Administrative Management Society
|
| amt. |
amount
|
| anon. |
anonymous
|
| appt. |
appoint, appointment
|
| Assn. |
Association
|
| asst. |
assistant
|
| att., attn |
attention
|
| atty. |
attorney
|
| Ave. |
Avenue
|
| AWOL |
absent without official leave
|
| bal. |
balance
|
| BBB |
Better Business Bureau
|
| blvd. |
Boulevard
|
| bsh. |
bushel
|
| b.t.u. |
British thermal unit
|
| bus. |
business
|
| C. |
hundred, centigrade
|
| CAM |
Certified Administrative Manager
|
| cap. |
capital, capacity
|
| cc |
carbon copy
|
| ch., chap. |
chapter
|
| Co. |
Company
|
| c/o |
in care of, cash order
|
| c.o.d. |
cash/collect on delivery
|
| Corp. |
Corporation
|
| CPA |
Certified Public Accountant
|
| cr. |
credit
|
| C.S.T. |
Central Standard Time
|
| cwt. |
hundredweight
|
| D.D.S. |
Doctor of Dental Science/Surgery
|
| dept. |
department, deputy
|
| doz. |
dozen
|
| Dr. |
Doctor
|
| D.S.T. |
Daylight Saving Time
|
| ea. |
each
|
| e.g. |
for exmanple (exempli gratia)
|
| encl. |
enclosed, enclosure
|
| eom |
end of month
|
| Esq., Espr. |
Esquire
|
| E.S.T. |
Eastern Standard Time
|
| et al. |
and others
|
| etc. |
and so forth
|
| ff. |
following folios
|
| f.o.b. |
free on board
|
| ft. |
foot, feet
|
| gal. |
gallon
|
| Gov. |
Governor
|
| govt. |
government
|
| hdqrs. |
headquarters
|
| Hon. |
Honorable
|
| ibid. |
in the same place
|
| i.e. |
that is (ラテン id est)
|
| Inc. |
Incorporation
|
| inv. |
invoice
|
| I.Q. |
Intelligence Quotient
|
| itin. |
itinerary
|
| Jr. |
Junior, Journal
|
| lab. |
laboratory
|
| lb. |
pound
|
| lc |
lower case
|
| loc. cit |
in the place cited
|
| l.s. |
place of the seal
|
| Ltd. |
Limited
|
| M |
thousand
|
| mbo |
management by objective
|
| M.C. |
Master of Ceremonies
|
| M.D. |
Doctor of Medicine
|
| memo |
memorandum
|
| mfg. |
manufacturing
|
| Mgr. |
Manager
|
| misc. |
miscellaneous
|
| Mr. |
Mister
|
| Ms. |
title used instead of Miss or Mrs.
|
| M.S.T. |
Mountain Standard Time
|
| n/30 |
net amount due in 30 days
|
| No. |
numbre
|
| nsf. |
not sufficient funds
|
| op. cit. |
in the work cited (ラテン opere citato)
|
| oz. |
ounce
|
| pbx |
private branch exchange
|
| pc |
photocopy
|
| pd |
paid
|
| pkg. |
packing, package
|
| p.m. |
after noon (ラテン post meridiem)
|
| pp. |
pages, parcel post
|
| ppd. |
prepaid, postpaid
|
| Pres. |
President
|
| P.S. |
postscript
|
| P.S.T. |
Pacific Standard Time
|
| pt. |
pint, part, point
|
| pub. |
publisher, public
|
| qt. |
quart, quantity
|
| R/D, R&D |
research and development
|
| RFD |
Rural Free Delivery
|
| rpm, r.p.m. |
revolutions per minute
|
| RSVP |
please reply
|
| Sgt. |
Sergeant
|
| St. |
Street, Saint
|
| stet |
let it stand
|
| UN, U.N. |
United Nations
|
| viz |
namely
|
| vol. |
volume, volunteer
|
| vs. |
versus, against
|
| vv. |
vice versa
|
| WATS |
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
|
| wk. |
week
|
| wt. |
weight
|
| yd. |
yard
|
| yr. |
year
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