business
172 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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DMA | Direct market access | |
EAR | Effective annual rate | |
EAY | Effective Annual Yield | |
EBIT | Earnings before interest and taxes | |
EBITDA | Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization | |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | |
EFTPOS | Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale | |
EOB | End Of the Bsusiness | |
EOD | End Of the Day | |
EPS | Earnings per share | |
EXP | Export | |
FDP | Finance Department | |
FIX | Financial Information Exchange | |
FL | Financial leverage | |
FOB | Freight On Board | |
FP&A | Financial Planning & Analysis | |
FPO | Follow on public offer | |
FX | Foreign exchange market | |
GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles | |
GAAS | Generally Accepted Audit Standards | |
GL | General Ledger | |
GP | Gross Profit | |
GPO | Group purchasing organization | |
GRN | Goods Receipt Note | |
GSV | Gross Sales Value | |
HQ | Headquarters | |
IAS | International Accounting Standards | |
ICB | Industry Classification Benchmark | |
ICRM | Innovative Customer Relationship Management | |
IE | Interest expense | |
IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standard | |
IMP | Import | |
Inc. | Incorporated | |
IR | Interest Rate - typically referring to an IR derivative product | |
ISM | Institute of Supply Management | |
IYR | In Year Revenue | |
J | Journal | |
JIS | Just in sequence | |
JIT | Just in time | |
K | Is used as an abbreviation for 1,000. For example $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. | |
KPI | "Key Performance Indicators" refers to a type of performance measurement. An organization may use KPIs to evaluate its success, or to evaluate the success of a particular activity in which it is engaged. | |
KYC | "Know Your Customer" refers to due diligence activities that financial institutions and other regulated companies must perform to ascertain relevant information. | |
LBO | Leveraged Buyout | |
LC | Letter of credit | |
Ltd. | Limited Company | |
mfg. | Manufacturing | |
MOQ | Minimum Order Quantity | |
MPC | marginal propensity to consume | |
MRO | Maintenance, Repair, and Operations | |
MSOD | Monthly Statement of Select Operational Data |