AA

Automobile Association / Alcoholic Anonymous

AD

Anno Domini (= after Christ)

AGM

Annual General Meeting

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ATM

Automatic Teller Machine

B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

BC

Before Christ

BCE

Before Common Era = BC

BLOB

Binary Large Object (i.e. a large binary file sent by e-mail)

B. Sc.

Bachelor of Science

CE

Common Era = AD

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

e.g.

exempli gratia (= for example)

etc.

et cetera (= and so on)

EU

European Union

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FYI

For Your Information

i.e.

id est (= that is to say)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

ID

Identification

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

ISBN

International Standard Book Number

M.A.

Master of Arts

Messrs.

Messieurs

Mr.

Mister

Ms.

Mrs. / Miss. (Ms. = if you don't know a woman's marital state)

NASA

National Aeronautics & Space Administration

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

N.B.

nota bene (= please note carefully)

NGO

Non Government Organisation

NRN

No Response Necessary

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

PIN

Personal Identification Number

PLC

Public Limited Company

PO

Post Office

PS

post scriptum (= postscript)

REM

Rapid Eye Movement

PTO

Please Turn Over

Rd.

Road

RPI

Retail Price Index

RSVP

Répondez s'il vous plaît (= please reply)

St.

Saint / Street

UFO

Unidentified Flying Object

UK

United Kingdom

UNO

United Nations Organization

USA

United States of America

VAT

Value Added Tax

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization