ENGLISH BUSINESS VOCABULARY
ABBREVIATIONS and ACRONYMS, from A to G
The meaning of Business abbreviations and acronyms.
Abbreviation : a shortened form of a written word, phrase or name used in place of the whole,
for example: ‘Dr.’ for Doctor, ‘Mr.’ for Mister, ‘gym’ for gymnastics, 'Tim' for Timothy.
Acronym: A word which is formed from the first letters of other words, and which is pronounced as a full word,
for example NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation).
| ABBREVIATION or ACRONYM | MEANING |
| @ | at (followed by an address) |
| a/c | account |
| admin | administration, administrative |
| ad/advert | advertisement |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| a.m. | ante meridiem (before noon) |
| a/o | account of (on behalf of) |
| AOB | any other business |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| ATM | Automated Teller Machine (cash dispenser) |
| attn | for the attention of |
| approx | approximately |
| A.V. | Authorized Version |
| bcc | blind carbon copy (copy sent to another person without the knowledge of the main recipient) |
| cc | carbon copy (copy to one or more people) |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| c/o | care of (on letters: at the address of) |
| Co | company |
| cm | centimetre |
| COD | Cash On Delivery |
| dept | department |
| doc. | document |
| e.g. | exempli gratia (for example) |
| EGM | Extraordinary General Meeting |
| ETA | estimated time of arrival |
| etc | et caetera (and so on) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
See also: Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms