AA: Affirmative Action
AAA: American Automobile Association
AAP: Affirmative Action Plan
ABA: American Bankers Association
ABC: Activity Based Costing

ABM: Activity Based Management
ADB: Agricultural Development Bank
ADP: Automatic Data Processing

ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AFT: Automated Funds Transfer
ALJ: Administrative Law Judge
AM: Asset Management
ANOVA: Analysis of Variance
ANSI: American National Standards Institute

AP: Accounts Payable
API: American Petroleum Institute

AR: Accounts Receivable
ASIC: Australian Securities and Investments Commission

ASTM: American Society for Testing Materials
ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
B2B: Business to Business
B2C: Business to Consumer
BARS: Baseline Accounting and Reporting System
BBB: Better Business Bureau
BCP: business continuity plan
BIC: Bank Identifier Code
BSI: British Standards Institute
Btu: British thermal unit
CAPEX: Capital Expenditures
CAS: Cost Accounting Standard
CBD: Commerce Business Daily
CCH: Commerce Clearing House
CCI: Commodity Channel Index

CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CET: Central European Time
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CHIPS: Clearing House Interbank Payments System
CHIPS: Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System
CIO: Chief Information Officer
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States