D
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Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| |
| D.R. [or] DR |
Delivery receipt |
| D/A |
Documents against acceptance |
| D/P |
Documents against payment |
| DAF |
Delivered at frontier |
| DC |
Direct current; Documentary credit; Dopo Christo (after Christ) |
| DDP |
Delivered duty paid |
| DDU |
Delivered duty unpaid |
| deg. [or] ° |
Degree |
| DEQ |
Delivered ex quay |
| DES |
Delivered ex ship |
| dia. |
Diameter |
| DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Standards Institute); Drug identification number |
| DIY |
Do-it-yourself |
| DM |
Deutsche Mark (German currency) |
| do. |
Ditto (same as above) |
| DOA [or] D/A |
Documents on acceptance |
| DOP [or] D/P |
Documents on payment |
| doz. [or] dz. |
Dozen |
| Dr. |
Drive |
| DST |
Daylight saving time |
| dwt |
Deadweight
|
|
E
|
Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| |
| E.&O.E. |
Errors and omissions excepted |
| e.g. |
Exempli gratia (for example) |
| e-mail |
Electronic mail |
| ea. |
each |
| EAN |
International Article Numbering (formerly European Article Numbering) |
| EBBS [or] BBS |
Electronic bulletin board service |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC |
East Caribbean; European Community |
| EC Dollar |
East Caribbean Dollar |
| ECB |
European Central Bank |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Agreement; European Free Trade Association |
| EMC |
Export management company |
| encl. |
Enclosure |
| EPZ |
Export processing zone |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations) |
| EST |
Eastern standard time |
| ETA |
Estimated (expected) time of arrival |
| etc. |
Et cetera (and so forth) |
| ETD |
Estimated (expected) time of departure |
| ETS |
Estimated (expected) time of sailing |
| EXW |
Ex works
|
|
F
|
Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| |
| °F |
Fahrenheit (degree temperature) |
| F.C.&S. |
Free of capture and seizure |
| F.P.A. [or] FPA |
Free of particular average |
| F.S.R.&C.C. |
Free of strikes, riots and civil commotions |
| FAK |
Freight all kinds |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAS |
Free alongside ship |
| fax |
Facsimile |
| FCA |
Free carrier |
| FCL |
Full carload; Full container load |
| FI |
Free in |
| FIFO |
First in, first out |
| FIO |
Free in and out |
| FO |
Free out |
| FOB |
Free on board |
| FOR |
Free on rail |
| FOT |
Free on truck |
| FPA |
Free of particular average (in insurance) |
| Franc CFA |
Franc de la Colonies Francais d'Afrique; Franc de la Communauté Financière Africaine |
| Franc CFP |
Franc des Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique |
| FRP |
Fiberglass reinforced plastic |
| FT |
Free trade |
| ft. [or] ' |
Feet (plural); Foot (singular) |
| FTL |
Full truckload |
| FTZ |
Foreign trade zone; Free trade zone
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G
|
Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| |
| G.A. |
General average |
| G.I. |
Galvanized iron |
| G.W. [or] Gr. Wt. |
Gross weight |
| galv. |
Galvanized |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| gm. |
Gram |
| GMT [or] G.M.T. |
Greenwich Mean Time |
| gr. |
Grade; Grain; Gross |
| GS |
Geprüft Standard (TÜV tested standard) |
| GSP |
Generalised System of Preferences
|
|
H
|
Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| |
| h.p. |
Horsepower |
| H.R. |
Hot rolled; Human resources |
| HAWB |
House air waybill |
| HB |
Brinell hardness number |
| HCV |
Home consumption value |
| hicube |
High cube container |
| HRC |
Rockwell hardness (C scale) |
| HS |
Harmonized System (Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System); Shore scleroscope number |
| HSS |
High speed steel |
| HTSUS |
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States |
| HV |
Vickers hardness number |
| Hz |
Hertz (cycles per second)
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