| Subject | English | Thesaurus |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.1. | first class |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.1. | a number one |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.1. | A one |
| chat., abbr. | A Can't Understand Normal Thinking | CUNT |
| abbr., med. | A Constituent Of A Plasma Protein Fraction | ß |
| busin., abbr. | A Credit Fiasco | ACF |
| abbr., amer. | a derogatory term used to describe a small town | hicksville (He didn't want the job because he'd have to live in hicksville. Val_Ships) |
| abbr., amer. | a diacritic mark placed over a vowel to indicate a specific pronunciation | umlaut (such as over "a" and "u" in German Val_Ships) |
| abbr., teriol. | A document used to tag and accompany material as it moves through receiving dispositions or production operations and work centers, that identifies the items, quantities and order number involved | traveler (свод документов Olessya.85) |
| abbr., avia. | A flight path designated for air refueling | air refueling track |
| abbr., slang | a hobo or derelict hired to do rough or unpleasant work | bindle punk (could perhaps refer to a small time drug dealer as well) |
| abbr., austral., slang | a large male kangaroo | boomer |
| abbr., avia. | A Line Maintenance Breakdown Part is a sub-component of an LRU Line Replaceable Unit which may be replaced without removing the LRU from the aircraft. Depending on its complexity, an LMP can be repairable or expendable. | LMP (geseb) |
| abbr., black.sl. | 3)A little boy who is scared of his emotions. A boy that disrespects females on a daily basis. A boy who lets others mold him instead of standing on his own. A boy who thinks he's a man but does nothing to earn the title. | bitch-ass nigga (andreon) |
| abbr., avia. | A maneuver, executed from an offensive position, used to preserve nose-tail separation and a positional advantage for future maneuvering when presented with an impending flight path overshoot or to counter a reversal attempt by the defender | quarter plane maneuver (An aggressive, exaggerated rolling pull out of the bandit's plane of motion at close range to reposition the attacker's lift vector at least 90 degrees away from the bandit's plane of motion. This maneuver is often performed instead of a high yo-yo when the attacker realizes too late how quickly the aspect is increasing) |
| abbr., slang | a moving or stationary visual element of a film, video, television broadcast, or print publication that is disproportionately expensive to produce and/or is perceived as essential to the overall importance or revenue-generating potential of the work | money shot (Merithiam) |
| abbr., auto. | A. R. T. S | adaptive restriction technology system |
| abbr., comp. | A term that combines two words to describe "teenagers who are online" and who are "always looking at the screen." | screenagers (Franka_LV) |
| abbr., comp.graph. | A term to describe media that advertises a product or brand while entertaining | advertainment (The main difference between "advertainment" and "entertaining advertising" is that with advertainment, part of the design is to promote interaction between the consumer and the campaign. Franka_LV) |
| abbr., modern | A term used to describe an electric guitar that is being played without an amplifier, or "unplugged." | elecoustic (It's still an electric guitar, but without the distortion and volume that the amp provides it sounds more like an acoustic. Franka_LV) |
| abbr., slang | A term used to describe something or someone or some place that sucks. | Bufalay (Example: "When want to part and go to a bar that only serves until 10 p.m., that sh*t is a real bufalay." Franka_LV) |
| abbr., f.trade. | a.a.S. | atomic-absorption spectrophotometry |
| abbr., f.trade. | A/B | Aktiebolaget |
| abbr., textile | A/B | airfreight bill |
| abbr., f.trade. | A/C | alternating current |
| abbr., energ.ind. | a.c. fail | power fail (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., energ.ind. | a.c. fail | power failure (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., electr.eng. | a.c. fail | a.c. failure (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., textile | A/C felt | asbestos cement felt |
| abbr., f.trade. | A/C No. | account No. |
| abbr., textile | A-CECF | Autumn Chinese Export Commodities Fair |
| abbr., law | A.C.L.U. | American Civil Liberties Union |
| abbr., law | A.C.T.A. | administrator cum testamento annexo |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.C.W.C. | actual clean wool content |
| abbr., polit. | A/D | analogue-digital (data) |
| abbr., law | A/D, | After date |
| abbr., law | A.D.B.N. | administrator de bonis non |
| abbr., law | A.D.R. | alternative dispute resolution |
| abbr., f.trade. | a.e.s. | atomic-emission spectrometry |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.F. | autumn fair |
| abbr., insur. | A.F.B. | air flight bill |
| abbr., law | A.F.D.C. | Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| abbr., law | A.F.L | American Federation of Labor |
| abbr., law | A.F.L.C.LO. | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.F.S. | amperes full scale |
| abbr., f.trade. | a.f.s. | atomic fluorescence spectrometry |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.H.P. | air horse power |
| avia. | aircraft required to be operated with a co-pilot | A type of aircraft that is required to be operated with a co pilot as specified in the flight manual or by the air operator certificate. |
| abbr., law | A.J. | American Jurisprudence |
| proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | it is not healthy for someone to work all the time and never play (Often used to exhort someone to stop working, or to justify why you have stopped working; you can substitute the name of the person you are addressing for Jack • Don't come to the office this weekend. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.  thefreedictionary.com • I'd like to take a week's vacation next month. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.) |
| proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | working too much can be bad for (one's) health or can make one boring (Come out to the pub with us tonight! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. thefreedictionary.com) |
| saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | said to warn someone that they will not be an interesting person by working all the time (cambridge.org) |
| proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy (wiktionary.org) |
| proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | too much focus on (one's) career may lead to one being uninteresting company (wiktionary.org) |
| saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring (wikipedia.org) |
| saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | used about a situation in which someone spends a lot of time working and has no time for other activities (macmillandictionary.com) |
| saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | used to say that you should not spend all your time working, but should spend some of your time relaxing (ldoceonline.com) |
| proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | constant work without rest or relaxation is harmful to (one's) personal life and well-being (In addition to firm information, we have a little game because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy lexico.com • Though you agree that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the industrious and methodical part of you will do justice to your work.) |
| abbr., law | A.L.T.A. | American Land Title Association |
| abbr., law | A.M | Ante meridiem (a.m.) |
| abbr., law | A.M.A | American Medical Association |
| abbr., IT | A/N | alphabetic-numeric |
| abbr., f.trade. | a.n. | arrival notice |
| abbr., insur. | a/p | authority purchase |
| abbr., insur. | A.P. | account payable |
| abbr., law | A.P.A | Administrative Procedure Act |
| abbr., law | A.P.C. | Alien Property Custodian |
| abbr., law | APPE A | Asia-Pacific Program of Education for All |
| abbr., insur. | A.R. | account receivable |
| abbr., insur. | A&S | accident and sickness insurance |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.Sch. | Austrian Schilling |
| abbr., f.trade. | a.t.r. | attenuated total reflectance |
| abbr., f.trade. | a.v. | average (except as verb) |
| abbr., textile | A/V | ratio of the surface area of the substrate and the free volume of the deposition space |
| abbr., textile | A/W | autumn/winter |
| abbr., f.trade. | A.W.B. | air way bill |
| abbr., law | A.W.W | average weekly wage |
| abbr., insur. | B/A | banker's acceptance |
| abbr., insur. | B/A | bankers acceptance |
| abbr., IT | "bake something in" means to incorporate something as an integral part of a product, service, or system. | bake in (dron1) |
| abbr., food.ind. | B.F.M.I.R.A. | British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association |
| abbr., f.trade. | B.H.A. | butylated hydroxyanisole |
| gen. | bit of a laugh | birrova laugh (suburbian) |
| abbr., law | B.T.A. | Board of tax appeal |
| abbr., law | C.A.A. | Clean Air Acts |
| abbr., law | C.A | commission agent |
| abbr., law | C.A. | commercial agency |
| abbr., law | C.A.B | Civil Aeronautics Board |
| abbr., law | C.A.F | Cost and freight |
| avia. | Category A | With respect to helicopters, means a multi-engined helicopter designed with engine and system isolation features specified in Part IVB and capable of operations using take-off and landing data scheduled under a critical engine failure concept which assures adequate designated surface area and adequate performance capability for continued safe flight or safe rejected take-off. |
| abbr., law | C.G.S.A. | Carriage of Goods by Sea Act |
| names, abbr. | Charles A. Joy | CAJ |
| abbr., f.trade. | C.l.A. | cash in advance |
| avia. | Class A airspace | IFR flights only are permitted, all flights are provided with air traffic control service and are separated from each other. |
| abbr., law | CM A | Certificate in Management Accounting/Certified Management Accounting |
| mil., logist. | commander of a transport formation | Officer commanding all the aircraft of a same type, used to meet the needs of an operation or those of a specific phase of an operation. He commands in flight. (FRA) |
| abbr. | Core Hours - the time periods during the workday, workweek, or pay period that are within the tour of duty during which an employee covered by an alternative work schedule must be present for work. E.g. Core hours are between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. | core hours (Putney Heath) |
| abbr., f.trade. | D/A | deductible average |
| abbr., textile | D/A | export insurance |
| abbr., law | D.A., DA | District attorney |
| abbr., law | D.A.P. | Directorate of Accident Prevention |
| space | decade via a bubble of nothing | Thus we have a generalization of the bubble of nothing describing the decay of the vacuum solutions... -- JHEP (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., goldmin. | determination of the amount of a desired constituent in ores, metallurgical residues, and alloys by methods other than those involving liquid means of separation | dry assaying (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., goldmin. | determination of the amount of a desired constituent in ores, metallurgical residues, and alloys by methods other than those involving liquid means of separation | dry assay (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., goldmin. | determination of the quantity of a desired constituent in ores, metallurgical residues, and alloys by the use of processes of solution, flotation, or other liquid means | wet assaying (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., goldmin. | determination of the quantity of a desired constituent in ores, metallurgical residues, and alloys by the use of processes of solution, flotation, or other liquid means | wet assay (MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., f.trade. | d.t.a. | differential thermal analysis |
| abbr., auto. | E. A. R. S | exhaust ambience regulation system |
| abbr., publ.secur. | E.R.A.S.E. | Eliminate Racing Activity on Streets Everywhere |
| abbr., law | E.R.LS.A | Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
| abbr., taboo | Expression used by rough older British blokes to describe taking a really big piss when they've not been to the bathroom for a while. | Empty a Leg (Example: "Dave - hold on a second. If I don't Empty a Leg right now I'm gonna piss myself!". Franka_LV) |
| abbr., f.trade. | F/a.a. | free of all average |
| abbr., law | F.A.A | Federal Aviation Administration |
| abbr., law | F.A.A. | Federal Aviation Administration |
| abbr., f.trade. | f.&a. | fore and aft |
| abbr., publ.secur. | F.A.C. | firearms acquisition certificate |
| abbr., f.trade. | f.a.f. | fly away at factory |
| abbr., insur. | F.A.S | free alongside ship |
| abbr., law | F.C.A. | Federal Credit Administration |
| abbr., law | F.C.A. | Farm Credit Administration |
| abbr., law | F.D.A. | Federal Drug Administration |
| abbr., law | F.F.A | foreign freight agent |
| abbr., f.trade. | F/g.a. | foreign general average |
| abbr., f.trade. | F/g.a. | free of general average |
| abbr., law | FIG A | Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| NYSE., abbr. | First Union Real Estate Equity Preferred A | FUR PA |
| abbr., insur. | F.P.A | free of particular average |
| abbr., insur. | F.P.A | free from particular average |
| abbr., law | F.P.A. | free from particular average |
| abbr., law | F.R.A.P. | Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure |
| abbr., insur. | G.A. adj. | general average adjust |
| abbr., f.trade. | G.A./P.A. | general average /particular average |
| railw., abbr. | G.C.A. Transport Limited | GCAU |
| abbr. | get a Round Tuit | need to get around to it (said about a problem to be solved after some other things, can be used to express laziness or reluctance of speaker Tektonov) |
| abbr., law | G.N.M.A | Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae,) |
| slang | he hasn't got a brass razoo | he's very poor |
| abbr. | highly sophisticated, multi-phase flow and multi-constituent, reactive transport model capable of performing a wi de variety of groundwater simulations. UTCHEM was developed at the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin as a chemical flood simulator for enhanced oil recovery design | UTCHEM (KosolaTa) |
| abbr., f.trade. | I.a. | letter of advice |
| abbr., insur. | I/A | Insurance Auditor |
| abbr., slang | inf. A common phrase used to describe the occasion of a man suddenly producing his penis, often when completely unexpected and for no reason whatsoever. | whip it out (Urban Dictionary definition andreon) |
| abbr., insur. | J.A | joint account |
| abbr., law | J.A | judge advocate |
| abbr., law | J.A.G. | Judge Advocate General |
| abbr., astronaut., mil. | Joint Army Navy -- A government trademark identification used as the part number prefix for most devices procured to the requirements of military specifications or standards. | JAN |
| abbr., f.trade. | L.A | letter of authority |
| abbr., proj.manag. | LACTI stands for L- Leads Task, A- Approves task work product, C - Consulted on task, T- Tasked to do the work, I- Informed of the work product. | LACTI Chart (L – руководит задачей; A – утверждает результат; C – консультирует по задаче; T – несет ответственность за исполнение задачи; I – ставится в известность о результате Pani) |
| abbr., law | L.E.A.A. | Law Enforcement Assistance Administration |
| abbr., f.trade. | L.H.A.R. | London, Hull, Antwerp or Rotterdam |
| abbr., law | L.H.W.C.A. | Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act |
| abbr., law | L.J.A. | Lord Justices of Appeal |
| abbr., law | L.J.A | Lord Justices of Appeal |
| abbr., insur. | m/a. | my account |
| abbr., f.trade. | n,a,a | not always afloat |
| abbr., f.trade. | n,a,a | neutron-activation analysis |
| abbr., law | N.A. | not applicable |
| abbr., law | N.A. | Non allocator |
| abbr., f.trade. | N/A | not admitted |
| abbr., law | N.A. | non acquiescence |
| abbr., law | N.A.V. | net asset value |
| abbr., law | NEP A | National Environmental Policy Act |
| abbr., law | NIR A | National Industrial Recovery Act |
| abbr., law | N.L.R.A. | National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) |
| abbr., insur. | NOW a/c | Negotiable Order of Withdrawal |
| abbr., law | N.R.A.D | no risk after disharge |
| mil., abbr. | NTCS-A Imagery Exploitation Work Station | NIEWS |
| abbr., busin. | O/A | open account trade |
| abbr., law | O.C.A.S. | Organization Central American States |
| abbr. | On A Career Path | OCP |
| abbr., f.trade. | OSH A | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| abbr., publ.secur. | P. A. W. | Parents Are Watching |
| abbr., law | P.A. | Professional accountant |
| abbr., law | P.A. | professional association |
| abbr., f.trade. | p.p.i.f.i.a. | full interest admitted |
| abbr., f.trade. | p.p.i.f.i.a. | policy proof of interest |
| abbr., law | PT A | Preferential trading arrangement |
| abbr., scient. | R.A. | regular army |
| abbr., auto. | R134a | hydrogen fluoride carbons-134a |
| abbr., law | R.E.A. | Rural Electrification Administration |
| ed., abbr. | Reading in a Foreign Language | RFL |
| AMEX., abbr. | Reading International, Inc. Class A | RDIA |
| ed., abbr. | Reading Like A Writer | RLW |
| abbr., comp. | Reliable Multicast Transport Protocol for multicasting continuous data streams in a wide area network | RMTP+ (Vosoni) |
| abbr., comp. | Reliable Multicast Transport Protocol for multicasting files in a wide area network | RMTP (Vosoni) |
| avia. | removal of a person | Action by the public authorities of a State, in accordance with its laws, to direct a person to leave that State. |
| abbr., law | R.F.C.A. | Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act |
| abbr., f.trade. | r.i.a. | radio-immunoassay |
| abbr., f.trade. | S. por A. | sociedad por Acciones |
| abbr., publ.secur. | S W.A.T | Special Weapons And Tactics |
| abbr., geotech. | S/A | sand coarse aggregate ratio |
| abbr., f.trade. | S.A.R.L. | Societe a Responsibilite Limite (French) |
| abbr., law | S.B.A. | Small Business Administration |
| avia. | sign a maintenance release | To certify that maintenance work has been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the applicable Standards of airworthiness, by issuing the maintenance release referred to in Annex 6. (to) |
| abbr., f.trade. | S.P.A. | societa per Azioni (Italian) |
| abbr., law | S.S.A. | Social Security Administration |
| abbr., austral., slang | stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos | roo bar |
| abbr., austral., slang | stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos | bull bar (also roo bar) |
| abbr., insur. | Super NOW a/c | Super Negotiable Order of Withdrawal |
| abbr., publ.secur. | S.W.A.T. | special weapons and tactics team |
| abbr., slang | The anticipation one feels when waiting for a response to a text message. | Textpectation (Пример: "I just texted her for a date – but now the textpectation is killing me." Franka_LV) |
| abbr., oil | These jobs do require some form of postsecondary training, be it on-the-job experience, course work at a technical college or other credentialing and licensure | postsecondary education (Islet) |
| abbr., fin. | This message contains a credit transfer to be processed according to the Priority Service Level. | SPRI (SWIFT Ying) |
| abbr., fin. | This message contains a credit transfer to be processed according to the SWIFTPay Service Level. | SPAY (SWIFT Ying) |
| abbr. | to earn one's pay or a place to live by doing some work | earn (one's) keep (Baskakova) |
| abbr., austral. | to take a day off sick from work when you are fine. | chuck a sickie (Example: "Mate, I couldn't be arsed going to work today. I might chuck a sickie". Franka_LV) |
| abbr. | To work at a constant rate with the aim of achieving a particular goal, particularly when under pressure. | pace oneself (АБ Berezitsky) |
| abbr., scottish | Trade Mark Electronics B.V.B.A. | TME (Belgium) |
| railw., abbr. | Transport International Containers, S. A. | TTTU |
| tradem., abbr. | Transports Generals d'Olesa, S. A. | TGO |
| gen. | turn a blind eye | закрывать глаза (на что-либо A.Rezvov) |
| abbr., f.trade. | U/A | underwriting accounts |
| abbr., law | U.C.C.J.A. | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act |
| abbr., f.trade. | U.S.A. | The United States America |
| abbr., f.trade. | U.S.A.E.C. | United States Atomic Energy Commission |
| abbr., law | V.A. | Veterans Administration |
| abbr., scottish | Vehicule de Combat a Roues / Transport de Troupes | VCR/TT (France) |
| humor., abbr. | Work Is Never Done On a Windows System | WINDOWS |
| abbr., law | Y.A.R. | York-Antwerp Rule |