AA = Adverising Association
AAP = Affirmative Action Programme
ABB = Activity Based Budgeting
ABC = Activity Based Conting
ABI = Association of British Insurers
ABP = Associated British Ports
ACA = Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
ACC = Agricultural Credit Corporation Ltd.
ACCAA = Associate of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
A.D. -= Anno Domini (in the year of our lord)
Ad. = Advertisement.
AMPS = Auction Market Preferred Stock
AFP = Agency France Press.
APACS = Association of Payment Clearing Service
ARR = Accounting Rate of Return
ASB = Accouting Standard Board
a. a = Always afloat
a. a. r = Against all risk
a/c' acct. = Account
A/c = Account Current
Acc/Accom = Accommodation
Actg. = Accounting.
a. c. v. = Actual cash value
a. d. = After data
add = Addition /Additional
Adv. = Advise
a. f. b. = Air freight bill
agcy. = Agency
agt. = Agent
a. m. t. = Air mail transfer
a/o = Account of
A. P. = Accounts payable
A/P = Authority to pay
A. R. = Accounts receivable
a/r = All risks
arr = Arrive/ Arriving
arr/arrng = Arrange/ Arrangement/ Arranging
approx = Approximate/ Approximately
A/S = Account sales
a/s = At sight
asap = As soon as possible
attn. = Attention
at. wt. = Atomic Weight.
