Business and Finance Abbreviations

Business and Finance Abbreviations

• 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
• 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
• CAO – Chief Administrative Officer
• CEO – Chief executive officer
• COA – Chart of Account
• CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst
• CMO – Chief Marketing Officer
• COO – Chief Operating Officer
• CPA – Certified Public Accountant
• CSO – Chief Security Officer
• CSR – Corporate social responsibility
• CRM – Customer Relationship Management
• C2B – Consumer-to-business
• CTO – Chief Technology Officer
• DDA – Depletion Depreciation Amortization
• Dir – Director
• disc. – Discount
• EXP – Export
• EOB – End Of the Business
• EOD – End Of the Day
• HR – Human Resources
• HQ – Headquarters
• HRD – Human Resource Development
• IMP – Import
• Ltd. – Limited Company
• MoM – Month on Month / Month over Month
• PPt –  Power point presentation
• RE – Retained Earnings
• RFI – Request for information
• RFP – Request for Proposal
• RSP – Retail selling price
• R&D – Research and Development
• VAD – Value-Added Distributor
• VAT – Value-Added Tax
• VAR – Value-Added Reseller
• VC – Venture Capital
• VaR – Value at Risk
• wk – week
• wrk – work
• YTD – Year-to-date
• YTG – Year-to-go
• YOY – Year-over-year
• YTC – Yet-To-Confirm
• FYF – Full Year Forecast
• 1H – 1st Half