Business Full Forms
Following is the list of all full forms related to the business. It contains various acronyms that are important to know.
| Acronym | Full Form |
|---|---|
| AMC | Annual Maintenance Contract Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita |
| EPC | Engineering, Procurement and Construction |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| KRA | Key Result Area |
| MIS | Management Information System |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NOC | No Objection Certificate |
| BPO | Business Process Outsourcing |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
| AOP | Annual Operating Plan |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| B2B | Business-to-business |
| B2C | Business to Consumer |
| B2G | Business-to-government |
| bus. | Business |
| BUSI | Business |
| CA | Current Account |
| CEO | Chief executive officer |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CIA | Certified Internal Auditor |
| CIMA | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| COB | Close of Business |
| COC | Cost of Credit Cost of Capital |
| COD | Cost of Debt Cash on Delivery |
| COE | Center of Excellence Cost of Equity |
| COGS | Cost of Goods Sold |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| Cr | Credit |
| Dept. | Department |
| Dir | Director |
| EAR | Effective annual rate |
| EBITA | Earnings before interest and taxes and amortization |
| EBITDA | Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EMI | Equated Monthly Installment |
| EOB | End of business |
| EOD | End of day |
| EPS | Earnings per share |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ETD | Estimated Time of Departure |
| EXP | Export |
| F/U | Follow-Up |
| FDP | Finance Department |
| FIFO | First In, First Out |
| FL | Financial leverage |
| FOB | Freight On Board |
| FOC | Free Of Cost |
| FPO | Follow on public offer |
| FY | Fiscal year / Financial year |
| FYA | For Your Action |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| GAAS | Generally Accepted Audit Standards |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GDR | Global depository receipt |
| GL | General Ledger |
| GP | Gross Profit |
| HP | Hire purchase |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HRD | Human Resource Development |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| IR | Interest Rate |
| IRR | Internal Rate of Return |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| JIS | Just in sequence |
| JIT | Just in time |
| JST | Joint Supervisory Team |
| KYC | Know Your Customer |
| LIFO | Last In, First Out |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| Ltd. | Limited Company |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MPR | Monthly Progress Report |
| MTD | Month-to-date |
| NAV | Net asset value |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NII | Net Interest Income |
| NIM | Net Interest Margin |
| NOA | Net Operating Assets |
| NOI | Net Operating Income |
| NPA | Non Performing Asset |
| NPL | Non-performing loan |
| NPV | Net Present Value |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| OC | Opportunity Cost |
| OOO | Out of Office |
| OTC | Over-the-counter |
| P&L | Profit and Loss |
| P/E | Price-to-earnings ratio |
| P2B | Platform to Business |
| PA | Purchasing agent Personal Assistant |
| PAT | Profit After Tax |
| PBT | Profit Before Tax |
| PE | Private Equity |
| POS | Point of sale |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| QTD | Quarter-to-date |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RE | Retained Earnings |
| RFI | Request for information |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFQ | Request for Quotation |
| ROA | Return on assets |
| ROC | Registration Of Company |
| ROCE | Return on Capital Employed |
| ROE | Return on Equity |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| ROIC | Return on Invested Capital |
| ROS | Return on Sales |
| SAAS | Software-as-a-Service |
| SCM | Supply Chain Management |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| TB | Transaction Banking |
| TBC | To Be Completed |
| TBD | To Be Defined |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| TCV | Total Contract Value |
| TQM- | Total Quality Management |
| UPI | Unified Payment Interface |
| USP | Unique Selling Proposition |
| VAT | Value-Added Tax |
| VC | Venture Capital |
| VP | Vice President |
| WACC | Weighted average cost of capital |
| WC | Working capital |
| WTD | Week-To-Date |
| ZBB | Zero Based Budgeting |