COMMON BUSINESS AND LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS
abbr.
abbreviation
abr.
abridged
abs
absent
absr.
abstract
A/C
Account
a/c
account
ac
account
acct.
account
A/D
Acknowledgement Due
ad
after date
admin.
administration
admin.
administrator
ad val
ad valorem (according to value)
ad.
advertisement
advt.
advertisement
advert.
advertisement
agcy
agency
agt.
Agent
agt.
agent
alt.
alternate
alt.
altitude
alt.
altogether
appro.
approval, approximate
arith.
arithmetic
art.
article
assn.
association
assoc.
association
asstt.
assistant
asst
assorted
Aug.
August
aux.
auxiliary
Ave.
Avenue
baI.
balance
bI.
barrel
bd.
board
bd.
bond
bd.
bundle
bdl.
bundle
B/E
Bill of Exchange
bf.
brought forward
bk.
bank
bk.
book
B.K.
Book- Keeping
B/L
Bill of Lading
b/l
bill of lading
bldg.
building
bl.
bale
blk.
bulk
blk.
blank
bot.
bought
B/P
Bills Payable
bp.
bill of parcel
b.p.
boiling point
b.p.
below proof
B/R
Bills Receivable
Br.
brother
Bro(s)
brother (s)
B/S
Bill of Sale
b.s.
balance sheet
bu.
bureau
bu.
bushel (s)
bx.
box
c. cent (s),
centigrade
ca.
circa, about
c.f.i.
cost, freight and insurance
cal
calendar
cap
capital
cap.
capitalize
c.
centigrade
cc.
carbon copy
cc.
cubic centimeter
cent.
centigrade
chem.
chemical
chg.
charge
chgd.
charged
chm.
chairman
chron.
chronological
C/L., c.l.
cartload, cartload lots commercial
Co.
Company
Co. c/o
carried over, care of
C.o.D
Cash on Delivery
c.o.d
cash on delivery
comp.
compound
contd.
continued
contr.
contract
coop.
Cooperative (Society)
Corp.
Corporation
Corr.
correspondence
c.p.
candle power
cpd.
compound
Cr.
Creditor
Ct.
carat
cu.
cubic
cum div.
with dividend
cwt.
hundredweight
d.
date
dec.
deceased
Dec.
December
deg.
degree
del.
deliver, delegate
dept. deptt.
department
dim.
diminutive
dis.,disc.
discount
div.
dividend
divn.
division
do
ditto
doz., dz.
dozen
dr.
Debtor
Dr.
debtor
dr.
drawn
dr.
drawer
d.s.
days after sight
dup.
duplicate
ea.
each
ed.
edited, edition, editor
e.g.
exempli gratia (for example)
enc.
enclosure
encl.
enclosure
e.o.m.
end of message
eq.
equal
equiv.
equivalent
Esq.
Esquire
est.
established
est.
estimated
et al.
et alii (and others)
etc.
etcetera (and so forth)
et seq.
et sequentes (and the following)
ex.
example
ex., exch.
exchange
Ext.
extension
excl.
exclusive
exec.
executive
ext.
extension
F.
Friday
fac., facsim.
facsimile
Fah.
Fahrenheit
Feb.
February
Fec
fecit (executed)
fig.
figure
F.O.B., f.o.b.
free on board
Fri.
Friday
gal., gall.
gallon
g.c.f.
greatest common factor
gds.
goods
gen.
general
gm.
gramme
gr.
gross
gr. wt.
gross weight
G.T.C., g.tc.
good till cancelled
guar.
guaranteed
Hon.
honorary
hon.
Honorable
H.P.
Higher Purchase
H.P., hp.
horsepower
hr.
hour
ht
height, heat
id., ibid.
ibidem (in the same place)
i.c.
in charge
id.
idem (the same)
i.e.
id est (that is)
imp.
important
imp.
imported
Inc., inc.
incorporated
inc.
including
inc.
incomplete
inf.
information
inf.
infra (below)
ins.
insurance
inst.
instant
int.
interest
inv.
invoice
I.O.U
I owe you
Ital.
italics
Jan
January
Jr.
Junior
k.
kilo (thousand)
kg.
kilogram
km
kilometre
kt.
karat
kw.
kilowatt's)
lb.
pound
L/C
Letter of credit
Lib
library
Lit.
litre
Log.
logarithm
Ltd.,ltd
limited
m. mts.
minutes (s)
m
month
m.
meter
maj.
major
Mar.
March
max.
maximum
mdse.
merchandise
mem.
member
memo.
memorandum
mg.
milligram
mfg.
manufacturing
Mgr., mgr.
Manager
Min. minor,
minimum
Misc.
miscellaneous
mm.
millimeter
M.O., m.o.
money order
Mon.
Monday
m.p.h.
miles per hour
Mr.
Mister
M/s
Messrs
Ms., MS.
Manuscript
Mtge.
mortgage
n.a.
no account
N.B., n.b.
nota bene (note)
Neg.
negative
No.,
no. number
n.s.
not specified
Nov.
November
Nr.
near
o.a.
on account of
o.c.
overcharge
Oct.
October
Org.
organization
Ord.
ordinary
Oz.
ounce
p.a.
per annum
p.c.
per cent
pd.
paid
pkg.
packing
p.m.
per month
pp.
pages
Regd.
Registered
recd.
received
recpt.
receipt
s.
shilling
Sept.
September
Sr.
senior
sq.
square
stg.
sterling
Sun.
Sunday
Thu.
Thursday
Tue.
Tuesday
vil.
village
Vol.
volume
wt.
weight
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