Seja para escrever cartas comerciais ou lidar com outros tipos de documentos em ingles, o conhecimento de abreviaturas e algo importante a se considerar ao estudar essa lingua para fins comerciais.
Segue abaixo uma lista com algumas das abreviaturas comerciais em ingles mais utilizadas:
a/c - account
A .G.M - annual general meeting
A .O.B - any other business
Approx. - approximately
Asap - as soon as possible
Attn - (for the) attention (of)
A .W.B - air way bill
B/E - bill of exchange
B/L - bill of landing
c. a . d - cash against documents
C.E.O - chief executive officer
c/o- care of
C.o - company
cfm - confirm
C . O .D - cash on delivery
C. W.O - cash with order
D/A - documents against acceptance
D/C - documents against cash
dept - department
Div. - division
E .G.M. - extraordinary general meeting
G .D.P. - gross domestic product
G . N.P. - national gross product
H .P. - hire purchase
Inc. - incorporated
j.i.t - just in time
Jnr. / Jr - junior
L/C. - letter of credit
Ltd. - Limited
mnrg. - Manager
mo, mth - month
N/A - not appplicable
N/B - note
o.n.o./ o .b. o . - or nearest offer, or best offer
P/A - Personal Assistant
p. a . - per annum
pd - paid
P/E ratio (or P.E.R) - price earnings ratio
per pro(pp) - for and on behalf of
plc - public limited company
P.R - public relations
Pte - private limited company
P.T.O - please turn over
Pty - proprietary company
p.w - per week
qty. - Quantity
R & D - research and development
R.O .I. - return on investment
R.S.V.P. - répondez síl vous plaît(please reply)
s.a .e. - stamped addressed envelope
V.A .T. - value added tax
V .I.P. - very important person
viz - namely
w, w/out - with/without