ABREVIATURAS Y ACRONIMOS MAS IMPORTANTES

[Abbas706]

Hi everyone
I send most vocabulary which you need them

AA
Automobile Association / Alcoholic Anonymous

AD
Anno Domini (= after Christ)

AGM
Anual General Meeting

AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ASAP
As Soon As Possible

ATM
Automatic Teller Machine

B.A.
Bachelor of Arts

BC
Before Christ

BCE
Before Common Era = BC

BLOB
Binary Large Object (i.e. a large binary file sent by e-mail)




B. Sc.
Bachelor of Science

CE
Common Era = AD

CEO
Chief Executive Officer

CIA
Central Intelligence Agency

e.g.
exempli gratia (= for example)

etc.
et cetera (= and so on)

EU
European Union

FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation

FYI
For Your Information

i.e.
id est (= that is to say)




GDP
Gross Domestic Product

ID
Identification

IMF
International Monetary Fund

IQ
Intelligence Quotient

ISBN
International Standard Book Number

M.A.
Master of Arts

Messrs.
Messieurs

Mr.
Mister

Ms.
Mrs. / Miss. (if you don't know a woman's marital state)

NASA
National Aeronautics & Space Administration




NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

N.B.
nota bene (= please note carefully)

NGO
Non Government Organisation

NRN
No Response Necessary

OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

PIN
Personal Identification Number

PLC
Public Limited Company

PO
Post Office

PS
post scriptum (= postscript)

REM
Rapid Eye Movement

PTO
Please Turn Over

Rd.
Road




RPI
Retail Price Index

RSVP
R?pondez s'il vous pla?t (= please reply)

St.
Saint / Street

UFO
Unidentified Flying Object

UK
United Kingdom

UNO
United Nations Organization

USA
United States of America

VAT
Value Added Tax

WHO
World Health Organization

WTO
World Trade Organization

[Mister Micawber]

This is too long a post, Abbas. Why don't we just refer our members to http://www.acronymfinder.com/ ?
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mr. Micawber