List of business and finance abbreviations

This is a list of business and finance abbreviations.

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A

ADR – American Depositary Receipt
AP – Accounts payable
ARPU – Average revenue per user
ASP – Average selling price
ASAP – "As soon as possible"
agcy. – Agency
agt. – Agent
asst. – Assistant
a/c. – Account

B

BAU – Business As Usual
BRU – Business Recovery Unit
B2B – Business-to-business
B2C – Business to Consumer
B2G – Business-to-government
BUSI - Business
bldg. – Building

C

CAO – Chief Accounting Officer
CAGR – Compound annual growth rate
CAPEX – Capital Expenditure
CAPM – Capital asset pricing model
CBOE – Chicago Board Options Exchange
CBOT – Chicago Board of Trade
CDO – Collateralized debt obligation
CDS – Credit default swap
CEO – Chief executive officer
COA – Chart of Account
CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst
CFD – Contract for difference
CFC – Consumption of fixed capital
CFCT – Cash Flow Cycle Time
CFM – Certified Financial Manager
CFO PEX – Capital Expenditures
CFO – Chief Financial Officer
CFS – Consolidated Financial Statement
CIA – Certified Internal Auditor
CIF – Cost Insurance With Freight
CIMA – Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
CIO – Chief Information Officer or Chief Investment Officer
CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor
CMA – Certified Management Accountant
CMO – Chief Marketing Officer
COB – Close of Business
COGS – Cost of Goods Sold
Corp. – Corporation
COO – Chief Operating Officer
CPA – Certified Public Accountant
CPI – Consumer Price Index
CPU - Cost per Unit
CSI - Continual Service Improvement
CSO – Chief Security Officer
CSR - Corporate social responsibility
CRM – Customer Relationship Management
CVP – Cost Volume Profit
C2B – Consumer-to-business
CTO – Chief Technology Officer
C&F – Cost With Freight
CX – Customer Experience

D

DDA – Depletion Depreciation Amortization
dept. – Department
Dept - Department
DI – Dispatch information
Dir - Director
disc. – Discount
DMA – Direct market access
DR – Depositary receipt
DSP - Delivery service provider
DTP-Do this please
DVP - Delivery versus payment

E

EACs — Export Assistance Centers
EAR – Effective annual rate
EAY – Effective Annual Yield
EBIT – Earnings before interest and taxes
EBITDA – Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
ECB – European Central Bank
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
EFSM – European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism
EFTPOS – Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
EPS – Earnings per share
EXP – Export
EOB – End Of the Business
EOD – End Of the Day
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD - Estimated Time of Delivery
EMI - Equated Monthly Installment
EPC - Export Promotion Council
ECGC - Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India

F

FAB - Feature Advantage Benefits
FDP – Finance Department
FOB – Freight On Board
FIFO – First In, First Out
FinMin – Finance Minister
Fin Min – Finance Minister
FL – Financial leverage
FOMC – Federal Open Market Committee
FP&A – Financial Planning & Analysis
FPO – Follow on public offer
FIX – Financial Information Exchange
FSA – Financial Services Authority
FX – Foreign exchange market
FYI- For Your Information
FOC- Free Of Cost
FYA- For Your Action

G

GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAS – Generally Accepted Audit Standards
GDP – Gross Domestic Product
GDR – Global depository receipt
GFCF – Gross fixed capital formation
GL – General Ledger
GP – Gross Profit
GPO – Group purchasing organization
GRN – Goods Receipt Note
GSV – Gross Sales Value
GVC – Global Value Chain

H

HR – Human Resources
HQ – Headquarters
HRD – Human Resource Development

I

IAS – International Accounting Standards
ICB – Industry Classification Benchmark
ICRM – Innovative Customer Relationship Management
IE – Interest expense
IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standard
ILCLP – IdentLogic Systems Customer Loyalty Program
IMF – International Monetary Fund
IMP – Import
Inc. – Incorporated
IPO – Initial Public Offering
IR – Interest Rate - typically referring to an IR derivative product
IRS – Internal Revenue Service
ISIN – International Securities Identification Number
ISM – Institute of Supply Management
IYR – In Year Revenue

J

J – Journal
JIT - Just in time
JIS - Just in sequence

K

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.

L

LBO – Leveraged Buyout
LC – Letter of credit
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFFE – London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
LIFO – Last In, First Out
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LME – London Metal Exchange
Ltd. – Limited Company

M

MBS – mortgage-backed security
mfg. – Manufacturing
MGMT - Management
MIC – Market Identifier Code
MoM - Month on Month / Month over Month
MOQ – Minimum Order Quantity
MOU - Memorandum Of Understanding
MPC – marginal propensity to consume
MRO – Maintenance, Repair, and Operations
MRP - Maximum Retail Price
MSOD – Monthly Statement of Select Operational Data
MSRP - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MTD – Month-to-date

N

NAV – Net asset value
NCBO – No Change of Beneficial Ownership
NCND – Non-Circumvent and Non-Disclosure
NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement
NII – Net Interest Income
NIM – Net Interest Margin
NOA – Net Operating Assets
NOI – Net Operating Income
NOPAT – Net Operating Profit After Tax
NPL – Non-performing loan
NPV – Net Present Value
NTE - Not To Exceed
NYMEX – New York Mercantile Exchange
NYSE – New York Stock Exchange

O

OC – Opportunity Cost
OCF – Operating cash flow
OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OIBDA - Operating Income Before Depreciation And Amortization
OPEX – Operational Expenditures
OTC – Over-the-counter (finance)

P

PA - Purchasing agent
PA - Promotional Activity
PAT – Profit After Tax
PBT – Profit Before Tax
P/E – Price-to-earnings ratio
PEG – Price-to-earnings growth ratio
P&L – Profit and Loss
PI - Professional Indemnity (insurance coverage)
pip – Percentage in point
PMAC – Period Moving Average Cost
PO – Profit Objective or Purchase Order
POS – Point of sale
PP&E – Property, plant, and equipment
PPP – Public-private partnership
PPP – Purchasing power parity
PR – Purchase Requisition
PHEK – Planherstellungskosten (Product Planning cost)
PTD Project to Date

Q

R

RBA – Reserve Bank of Australia
RE – Retained Earnings
RFP – Request for Proposal
ROA – Return on assets
ROCE – Return On Capital Employed
ROE – Return on Equity
ROI – Return on Investment
ROIC – Return on Invested Capital
RONA – Return on net assets
ROS – Return on Sales
RR – Resource rent
RSP – Retail selling price
R&D – Research and Development

S

S_t – Sales, during time period t.
S&OP - Sales and operations planning
SAAS – Software-as-a-Service
SCM – Supply Chain Management
SCBA – Social Cost Benefit Analysis
SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
SG&A – Sales, General, and Administrative expenses
SIR – Stores Issuance Requisition
SIOP – Sales Inventory and Operations Plan
SIV – Structured investment vehicle
SKU – Stock keeping unit
SME - Small and Medium Enterprises
SOHO – Small Office/Home Office
SOX – Sarbanes-Oxley
SROI - Social return on investment
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SOW - Statement Of Work
SLA* -Service Level Agreement

T

TCO – Total Cost of Ownership
TCV – Total Contract Value
TSR – Total Shareholder Return
TB – Transaction Banking
TBD – To Be Defined
TBC - To Be Completed
TQM- Total Quality Management
TOTW- Time Off for Time Worked

U

USP – Unique Selling Proposition

V

VAD – Value-Added Distributor
VAT – Value-Added Tax
VAR – Value-Added Reseller
VC – Venture Capital

W

WACC – Weighted average cost of capital
WC – Working capital
WFH – Work From Home
wk – week
wrk – work
wo – work order
WIGs – Wildly Important Goals
wasp - weighted average selling price
WLL - With Limited Liability
w.r.t - With Respect To
WTI – West Texas Intermediate
WVN - Withdraw Voucher Note
WHT - Withholding Tax
WTO -World Trade Organization

Y

YTD – Year-to-date
YTG – Year-to-go
YOY – Year-Over-Year
YTC – Yet-To-Confirm

Z

zcyc – Zero Coupon Yield Curve
ZOPA – Zone of Possible Agreement

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