Abbr.

Stands for Translation

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 /
afaik. As far as I know
B
BAU Business As Usual
BRU Business Recovery Unit
B2B Business-to-business
B2C Business to Consumer
B2G Business-to-government
BUSI business

bus. business
bldg. Building
BEP Break Even Point /
C
CAO Chief Administrative 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

CDM Change and Data Management
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 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

CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor
CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid
CMA Certified Management Accountant
CMFB Committee on monetary, finance and balance
of payments statistics
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
CKM Customer Knowledge Management
CTC Cost to company

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
DSO Days Sales Outstanding
DPO Days Payable Outstanding

E
ECS Electronic Clearing Service
ECS Electronic Clearing System
EAR Effective annual rate
EAY Effective Annual Yield
 EBITA Earnings before interest and taxes and
amortization
EBITD Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation,
A and Amortization
ECB European Central Bank
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EFSM European Financial Stabilization Mechanism

EFTPO Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale

S
EPS Earnings per share
EXP Export
EOB End Of the Business
EOD End Of the Day
EOM End Of Message
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD Estimated Time of Delivery
EMI Equated Monthly Installment
EPC Export Promotion Council
F
FDP Finance Department
FOB Freight On Board ( )
FIFO First In, First Out
Fin Min Finance Minister
FL Financial leverage

FOMC Federal Open Market Committee
FP&A Financial Planning & Analysis
FIX Financial Information Exchange
FSA Financial Services Authority
FX Foreign exchange market
FYI For Your Information / /
FOC Free Of Cost
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
GMV Gross Merchandise Volume
GP Gross Profit

GRN Goods Receipt Note
GRNI Goods Receipt Not Invoiced
GSV Gross Sales Value
 GVC Global Value Change
G&A General and Administration expense
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 Standards
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMP Import /

Inc. Incorporated
IPO Initial Public Offering
IR Interest Rate
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ISM Institute of Supply Management -
IPT Item Per Transaction
J
J Journal
JIT Just in time

JIS Just in sequence
JST Joint Supervisory Team
K
K Is used as an abbreviation for 1,000 1000
KIBOR Karachi Interbank Offered Rate
KPI Key Performance Indicators
KYC Know Your Customer
L
LBO Leveraged Buyout
-
LC Letter of credit
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFO Last In, First Out
LLC Limited Liability Company
LME London Metal Exchange
Ltd. Limited Company
LTV Loan to Value
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
MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MTD Month-to-date
MWC Managerial Working Capital
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
NYME New York Mercantile Exchange ( )
X
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)
OOO Out of Office
P
PA Purchasing agent
PAT Profit After Tax
PBT Profit Before Tax
P/E Price-to-earnings ratio
P&L Profit and Loss
PI Professional Indemnity (insurance coverage)
pip Percentage in point )(
PO Purchase Order
POS Point of sale
PP&E Property, plant, and equipment
PPP Public-private partnership
PPP Purchasing power parity
PR Purchase Requisition
 PHEK Product Planning cost
PPt Power point presentation
Q
QC Quality control
QoQ Quarter on quarter
q/q Quarter on quarter
QTD Quarter-to-date
R
RBI Reserve Bank of India
RBA Reserve Bank of Australia
RE Retained Earnings
RFI Request for information
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quotation
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
RSP Retail selling price
R&D Research and Development
S
SAAS Software-as-a-Service

SCM Supply Chain Management

SCBA Social Cost Benefit Analysis /
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SIR Stores Issuance Requisition ) (
SIV Structured investment vehicle
SKU Stock keeping unit
SME Small and Medium Enterprises
SROI Social return on investment
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SOW Statement Of Work
SLA Service Level Agreement
SUA Start Up Agreement
T
TCO Total Cost of Ownership
TCV Total Contract Value
TB Transaction Banking
TBD To Be Defined
TBC To Be Completed

TQM Total Quality Management
U
USP Unique Selling Proposition

V
VAD Value-Added Distributor
 VAT Value-Added Tax
VAR Value-Added Reseller
VC Venture Capital
VaR Value at Risk
W
WACC Weighted average cost of capital

WC Working capital
WFH Work From Home
wk week
wrk work
wo work order
wasp weighted average selling price
WLL With Limited Liability
w.r.t With Respect To
WVN Withdraw Voucher Note
WHT Withholding Tax


WTO World Trade Organization
X
Y
YTC Yet-To-Confirm

Z ZCYC Zero Coupon Yield Curve