English Abbreviations

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Common, Uncommon and Specialized Abbreviations

Abbreviations of Degrees
BA	Bachelor of Arts
BS	Bachelor of Science
EdD	Doctor of Education
LLB	*Bachelor of Laws (legum baccalaureus)*
LLM	*Master of Laws (legum magister)*
MBA	Master of Business Administration
MS	Master of Science
BBA	Bachelor of Business Administration
DA	Doctor of Arts
JD	Doctor of Law
LLD	*Doctor of Laws (legum doctor)*
MA	Doctor of Medicine (medicinae doctor
MD	*Doctor of Medicine (medicinae doctor)*
PhD	Doctor of Philosophy

A
abbr.	abbreviation - abbreviated
abr.	abridged - abridgment
acad.	academic - academy
adj.	adjective - adjourned - adjustment
adm.	administration - admiral
adv.	adverb
agr. / agri.	agric - agricultural - agriculture
anon.	anonymous
app.	appended - appendix - appointed
approx.	approximately
assn.	association

B
b.	base - bass - bat - battery - bay - book - born - brother
bact.	bacteria - bacteriology
bap.	baptized
bib.	Bible - biblical
bibliog.	bibliographer - bibliography - bibliographic
biog.	biographer - biography - biographical
biol.	biology
bk.	bank - block - book
bkg.	banking
bkg.	banking
bldg.	building
blvd.	boulevard
bot.	botanical - botany
bp.	bishop
brig.	brigade - brigadier
brig.	gen - brigadier - general
bro.	brother
bur.	bureaus

C
c.a.	chartered - accountant - chief - accountant - commercial - agent - consular - agent - controller of accounts
cal.	calendar - caliber - small - calorie
cap.	capital - capitalize
capt.	captain
cath.	cathedral
cc / cc. / c.c.	cubic - centimeters
cent.	centigrade - centimeter - central - century
cf.	*Latin confer* = compare**
ch.	*chaplain - chapter - check - (chess) - chief - child - children - Latin - chirurgia* = surgery - church**
chap.	chaplain - chapter
chem.	chemical - chemist - chemistry
chm.	chairman - checkmate - (chess)
chron.	chronology
cir. /circ.	*circular - Latin - circa* = about**
cit.	citation - cited - citizen
civ.	civil - civilian
clk.	clerk
cm / cm.	centimeter (s)
co.	company - county
c.o. / c/o	care of - carried over
c.o.d.	cash on delivery - collect on delivery
col.	collected - collector - college - colonel - colonial - colony - column
colloq.	colloquial - colloquialism
com.	comedy - command - commandant - commerce - commercial - commission(er) - committee - commodore - common - communication - community
comdr.	commander
comr.	commissioner
comp.	compiler - compiled by
con.	concerto - consolidated - consul
cond.	conductor - conducted by
conf.	conference
cong.	congress
consol.	consolidated
constr.	construction
cont.	containing - contents - continent - continental - continue - continued
cont. / contd.	continued
corp.	corporal - corporation
cp.	candlepower - compare
cpl.	corporal
cr.	credit - creditor - creek
crit.	criticism
ct.	carat - cent - court
cu.	cubic
cwt.	hundredweight

D
d.	dam (pedigrees) - date - daughter - day(s) - dead - democrat - density - diameter - died
d.	pence - penny
dec. -	*deceased - declaration - declension - declination - decrease - Italian - deprescendo* = decreasing in loudness (music)**
def.	definition - definite
deg.	degree(s)
dep.	department - departure - deposit - depot - deputy
dept.	department - deputy
der. / deriv.	derivation - derivative
diag.	diagram
dial.	dialect
dict.	dictionary
dim.	*Italian diminuendo* = diminishing in loudness (music)**
dipl.	diplomat - diplomatic
dir.	director - directed by
disc.	discount - discovered
dist.	distinguished - district
distr.	distribution - distributed by
div.	dividend - division - divorced
dm / dm.	decameter - decimeter
do.	*Latin ditto* = the same**
doc.	document
doz.	dozen
dpt.	department
dr. - , , ,	debit - debtor - drachma - dram
d.t.	delirium tremens - double time
dup. / dupl.	duplicate
dwt.	pennyweight

E
e / e.	erg - errors - (Baseball)
ea.	each
eccl. / eccles.	ecclesiastical
ecol.	ecology
econ.	economic - economics - economy
ed.	edited - edited by - edition - editor
e.g.	*Latin exempli gratia* = for example**
elec. / elect.	electric - electrical - electrician - electricity
elev.	elevation
emp.	emperor - empire - empress
e.m.u.	electromagnetic unit
enc.	enclosed
ency. / encyc. / encycl.	encyclopedia
eng.	engineer - engineering - engraved
entom. / entomol.	entomologist - entomology
esp.	especially
est.	established - estimate
et al.	Latin et alibi = and elsewhere Latin et alii, et aliae = and others
etc.	*Latin et cetera* = and so forth**
et seq.	Latin et sequens = and the following Latin et sequentes or seqentia = and those that follow
ex.	examined - example
exch.	exchange - exchequer
exec.	executive - executor
ex lib.	*Latin ex libris* = from the books of**

F
f	*Italian forte* = loud (music)**
f.	farad - father - farthing - fathom - feminine - fluid (ounce) - folio - following - franc - frequency
fac. / fax	facsimile
fed.	federal - federated - federation
fem.	female - feminine
ff	*Italian fortissimo* = very loud (music)**
ff. / fol.	folios - following
fig.	figure
fin.	finance
fl.	florin - flourished - fluid
fn.	footnote
fr.	fragment - franc - from
ft	feet - foot
ft.	fort
fwd.	foreword - foreword by

G
g / g. / gm	gram
gal / gall.	gallon
gaz.	gazette - gazetteer
gen.	gender - genera - general - genus
geog.	geographer - geographical - geography
geol.	geologic - geologist - geology
geom.	geometric - geometry
gloss.	glossary
gov.	governor
govt.	government
gr -	grain(s) - gram(s)
gram.	grammar - grammarian

H
hab. corp.	*Latin habeas corpus* = that you have the body**
her.	heraldry
hist.	historian - historical - history
hort.	horticultural - horticulture
hr	hour(s)
ht.	height

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I
ib. / ibid.	*Latin ibidem* = in the same place**
id.	*Latin idem* = the same**
i.e.	*Latin id est* = that is**
illus.	illustrator - -illustration - illustrated by
imp.	imperative - *imperial - imports -Latin imprimatur* = let it be printed**
in.	inch - inches
inc.	including - income - incorporated
in loc. cit.	Latin - in loco citato = in the place cited
ins.	inches - insurance
inst.	instant - institute - institution
intl.	international
introd.	introduction - introduced by
is.	island - isle

J
jour.	journal
jr.	junior
jud.	judicial

K
k.	kilo - kilogram - thousand
kg	kilogram -
kilo.	(note: no period after kg) - kilogram - kilometer
km	kilometer (note: no period after km)
kt.	carat
kw	kilowatt (note: no period after kw)

L
l, ll	line - lines
l	liter
lab.	laboratory
lang.	language
lat.	latitude
lb	*Latin libra =* pound**
l.c.	*Latin loco citato* = in the place cited**
lib.	liberal - library - librarian
lieut. / lt.	lieutenant
lit. -	literally - literary - literature
ltd.	limited
lon. / long.	longitude

M
m.	male - married - meridian - Latin meridies = noon - meter - mile - minute -
mach.	mach - machine - machinist
mag.	magazine
maj.	major
mas. / masc.	masculine
math.	mathematician - mathematics
mdse.	merchandise
mech.	mechanical - mechanics
med.	medical - medicine - medieval
mem. / memo	*Latin memento* = remember - memorandum**
mfg.	manufacturing
mfg.	manufacturing
mg / mg. / mgm	milligram
mgr.	manager
mi	miles - mill (note: no period after mi)
misc.	miscellaneous
ml / ml.	milliliter
mm	*millimeter(s) - Latin millia* = thousands**
mm	*millimeter(s) - Latin millia* = thousands**
mod.	moderate - modern
ms. / mss.	manuscript - manuscripts
mt. / mts.	mount - mountain - mountains
mus.	museum - music - musician

N
n / nn	note - notes
n.	noun
narr.	narrator - narrated by
natl.	national
nav.	naval - navigation
n.b.	*Latin nota bene* = mark well - take notice**
n.d.	no date of publication
neg.	negative
no.	number
non seq.	*Latin non sequitur =* it does not follow**
n.p.	no place of publication, no publisher
n. pag.	no page number

O
obit.	obituary
obj.	object - objective
op. cit.	Latin - opere citato = in the work cited
orch.	orchestra - orchestrated by
orig.	original - originally
oz.	*ounce (Italian abbrev. of onza)*

P
p. / pp.	page - pages
par.	paragraph - parallel
pat. /patd.	patent - patented
pct.	percent
p.d.	*Latin per diem =* by the day**
pen.	peninsular
perf. -	performer - performed by
philos.	philosopher - philosophy
phys.	physical - physician - physicist - physics
pl.	plural - plate
ppd.	postpaid - prepaid
pref.	preface - preface by
prin.	principal - principle
prod.	produced by - producer - production
pro tem.	*Latin pro tempore =* for the time being**
pron.	pronoun - pronunciation
pseud.	pseudonym
psych. / psychol.	psychological - psychologist - psychology
pt	pint (note: no period after pt)
pt.	part - payment - point - port
pub. / publ.	public - publisher - publication - published by
pwt	pennyweight (note: no period after pwt)

Q
q.	quarto - question
qr.	quarter
qt	quart (note: no period after qt)
qt.	quiet (slang)
qtd.	quoted
ques.	question
quot.	quotation

R
r.b.i. / rbi / RBI	run(s) batted in (Baseball)
quot.	quotation
rec.	receipt - recipe - record - recorded
ref.	referee - reference - reformed
reg.	regent - regiment - region - registered - registrar - regular - regulation
rel.	release
rev.	review - reviewed by, revision - revised -revised by
riv.	river
rpm	revolutions per minute
rps	revolutions per second
rpt.	reprint - reprinted by

S
s.	saint - second - semi - shilling - silver - sire - solo - son - soprano - south
sc.	scene
sch.	school
sci.	science - scientific - scientist
sculp / sculp.	sculptor - sculptural - sculpture
sec	secant - second(s)
sec. / secy.	secretary
sec. / sect.	section
ser.	series
serg. / sergt. / sgt.	sergeant
[sic.]	thus in the source (exactly as quoted)
sing.	singular
sol.	solicitor
sp.	special - species - specific - specimen - spelling - spirit
sq.	sequence - square
sub.	submarine - substitute - suburb
subj.	subject - subjective - subjunctive
sup.	*superior - supplement - supply - (Latin supra* = above) - supreme**
supt.	superintendent
surg.	surgeon - surgery
sym.	symbol - symphony
syn.	synonym - synonymous

T
t.	temperature - tempo - (Latin tempore = in the time of) - tenor - tense (grammar) -territory - time - ton(s) - town - transitive, troy (weight)
tbs. / tbsp.	tablespoon
tel.	telegraph - telegram - telephone
temp.	temperature - temporary
terr.	territory
theol.	theologian - theology - theological
topog.	topographical - topography
trans. / tr.	translated by - translation - translator
treas.	treasury - treasurer
trig. / trigon.	trigonometric - trigonometry
tsp.	teaspoon
twp.	township

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U
ult.	ultimate
univ.	universal - university
usu.	usually
uv	ultraviolet (note: no period after uv)

V
v.	*verb - verse - versus - Latin vide* = see - voltage - von (German name)**
var.	variant
vb.	verb
vers.	version
vet.	veteran - veterinary
viz.	*Latin - videlicet* = namely**
vet.	veteran - veterinary
vol.	volcano - volume
vox. pop.	*Latin vox populi* = voice of the people**
v.p.	vice - president - vice principal
vs. / v.	*Latin versus* = against**
vs. / vss.	verse - verses
v.s.	*Latin vide supra* = see above**

W
wpm	words per minute
writ.	writer - written by
wt	weight (no period after wt)

Y
yd	yard(s)
yr	year

z
zn	zinc

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