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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| p.a. | Per annum (per year) |
| p.m. [or] pm | Post meridiem (after noon) |
| P.O. [or] PO | Postal order; Post office; Purchase order |
| pat. | Patent |
| PC | Personal computer; Printed circuit |
| pc. | Piece |
| PI [or] P/I | Pro forma invoice |
| PKD | Partly (or partially) knockdown |
| pkg. | Package |
| PL [or] P/L | Packing list |
| pl. | Place |
| P&L | Profit and loss |
| PLC | Personal lines of credit; Product life cycle |
| POS | Point of sale |
| PPI | Producer (wholesale) price index |
| ppm | Parts per million |
| pref. | Prefecture; Preference; Preferred |
| prov. | Province |
| PS | Post scriptum (postscript) |
| psi | Pounds per square inch |
| pt. | Pint; Point |
| PTO | Please turn over |
| pwt | Pennyweight |
| PX | Post exchange |
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| Q |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| Q.A. [or] QA | Quality assurance |
| Q.C. [or] QC | Quality control |
| q.v. | Quod vide (which see) |
| qlty. | Quality |
| qt. | Quart |
| qtr. | Quarter |
| qty. | Quantity |
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| R |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| °r | Réaumur (degree temperature) |
| °R | Rankine (degree temperature) |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R.S.V.P. | Répondez s'il vous plait (please reply) |
| RE | Concerning; With reference to |
| ref. | Reference |
| reg. | Registered; Registration; Regular |
| rev. | Revised; Revision; Revolution |
| RLV | Recommended load volume |
| Rm. | Room |
| RO/RO [or] RORO | Roll on/roll off |
| ROI | Return on investment |
| rpm [or] r.p.m. | Revolutions (or rotations) per minute |
| RTW | Ready to wear |
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| S |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| S.R.&C.C. | Strikes, riots, and civil commotions |
| S/S [or] S.S. [or] SS |
Stainless steel; Steamship (ocean vessel) |
| SAA | Standards Association of Australia |
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers |
| SBR | Styrene-butadiene rubber |
| SC [or] S/C | Sales confirmation; Sales contract |
| SI | Système International d'Unités (International System of Units) |
| SIC | (U.S.) Standard Industrial Classification |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| SKD | Semi-knockdown |
| SKU | Stock keeping unit; Stock unit |
| SLC | Shipper's letter of instructions |
| SM | Service mark |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SO [or] S/O | Shipping order |
| spec. | Specification |
| SS | Svensk Standard (Swedish Standard) |
| St. | Saint; Street |
| std. | Standard |
| stk. | Stock |
| SWG | Standard wire gauge |
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
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| T |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| 3D | Three dimensional |
| T.P.&N.D. | Theft, pilferage and non-delivery |
| T.R. | Trust receipt |
| T/T | Telegraphic transfer |
| TCT | Tungsten carbide tip |
| telex | Teletype exchange (Teleprinter and exchange) |
| TEU | Twenty-foot equivalent unit |
| TIG | Tungsten inert gas |
| TIR | Transit International Routier |
| TL | Truckload |
| TM [or] T.M. | Trademark |
| TOFC | Trailer on flat car |
| tpi | Teeth per inch; Threads per inch |
| TSUSA | Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated |
| TÜV | Technischen Ueberwachungs Vereine (Technical Inspection Association) |
| tvp | Textured vegetable protein |
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| U |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| U.A.E. [or] UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| U.K. [or] UK | United Kingdom |
| U.N. | United Nations |
| U.P.C. | Universal Product Code |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories |
| ULD | Unit load device |
| UNC | Unified national coarse |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNEF | Unified national extra fine |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNF | Unified national fine |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNICODE | Universal digital code |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNS | Unified numbering system |
| UPS | Uninterruptible power supply (or system) |
| USP [or] U.S.P. | United States Pharmacopoeia |
| UTC | Universal Coordinated Time |
| uv | Ultraviolet |
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| V |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| V | Volt |
| VAT | Value added tax |
| VDE | Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (Association of German Electrical Engineers) |
| vol. | Volume |
| vs. | Versus |
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| W |
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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Stands For |
| W | Watt |
| W.A. | With average (in insurance) |
| W.P.A. | With particular average (in insurance) |
| W/M [or] W or M | Weight or measure |
| WAN | Wide area network |
| WB | World Bank |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIP | Work in process |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| wt. | Weight |
| WTC | World Trade Center |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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