ABBREVIATIONS
adj. – adjective, adjourned
Advt. – Advertisement
A.M. – Ante meridian (before noon)
amt. – amount
ans. – Answer
Apr. – April
Aug. – August
B.A – Bachelors of Arts
B.B.C. – British Broadcasting Corporation
B.C. – Before Christ
B. Com. – Bachelor of Commerce
B. Sc. – Bachelor of Science
B.P. – Blood Pressure
B.O.A.C – British Overseas Airways Corporation
Capt. – Captain
Cf. – Confer, Compare
Chap. – Chapter
C.I.D – Criminal Investigation Department
Cm. – Centimetre
Co. – Company
c/o. – Company
cp. – compare
D. – dollar
Dec. – December
deg. – degree
dft. – draft
dict. – dictionary
dis. – discount, discoverer
D.Litt. – Doctor of Literature
D.L.O – Dead Letter Office
do – ditto [the same as aforesaid]
D.Phil. – Doctor of Philosophy
dpt. – department
Dr. – debtor, doctor
D.C. – direct current, Deputy Commissioner
E. – East, English
E and O. – errors and omissions excepted
Ed. – editor
Eng. – England
Engr. – engineer
esp. – especially
Eaq. / Esqr – esquire
E.t. – established
E.t. – English Translation
etc. – et cetera, and the other,
ex. – example
F. [Fahr] – Fahrenheit
f. – following
fam. – family
Feb. – February
fem. – feminine
ff. – folios [pl], following [pl]
Fig – figure
f.o.r. – free on rail
fft. – foot, feet, fort
g. – gram
gaz. – gazette
Gen. – General
gen. – gender
G.P.O. – General Post Office
Gr. – Greek
H. – Hydrogen
h., hr – hour
Hon – Honourable
H.Q – Headquarters
I.A – Indian Army
ib. – ibid., ibidem. in the same place
id. – idem, the same
i.e. – id. est, that is
I.G. – Inspector General
inst. – instant, the present month
int. – interest, interior, interpreter
intro. – Introduction
introd – Introduction
inv. – invoice
J. – Judge, Justice
Jan. – January
Junc. – Junction
kc. – Kilocycle
kg. – kilogram
km. – kilometre
k.w. – kilo wats
Lat. – Latin
lat. – latitude
lab. – laboratory
lang. – language
lb. – libra, pound
Lt. – Lieutenant
Lt.–Gen — Lieutenant-General
Ltd. – Limited
Ltd. Gov. – Lieutenant Governor
mag. – magazine
Maj. – Major
Mar. – March
marg. – margin, marginal
mas. / mase — masculine
M.B. – Medicine Bacclaureus
M.D. – Medicine doctor. Doctor of Medicine
med.– medical, medicine, mediaeval
messrs. – Messieurs [Fr.] sirs; used as plural of Mr.
min. – minimum, minute
misc. – miscellaneous
ml. – millilitre
M.L.A. – Member of Legislative Assembly
M.L.C. – Member of Legislative Council
mm. – millimetre [s]
M.O. – Medical Officer
morn. – morning
M.P. – Member of Parliament
m.p.h – miles per hour
Mr. – Master, Mister
Mrs. – Mistress
M.S. – Manuscript [s], Master of Surgery
mth. – month
N. – Northern, North
n. – name, noun
N.B. / n.b. – nota bene, note well or take notice
n.d. – no date, not dated
neg. – negative
No. / no. – [Numero] in number
Nov. – November
O. – Oxygen
ob. – obituary, died
obj. – object, objective
oct. – October
off. – official
O.K. – Ore Korrect, All correct
o.p. – out of print
opp. – opposite
ord. – order, ordinary, ordinance
oz. – ounce [s]
p. – page, pp. pages
P.C. – Post-card
Per cent. – Per Centum, by the T.B. hundred
ph. D. – Doctor of Philosophy
plu. plur. – plural
P.M. – Post meridian, afternoon
P.O. – Post Office
P.T. – Physical training
P.T.O. – Please turn over
P.W.D. – Public works Department
Q. – Query, Question
Q – Queue
qr. – quarter
qt. – quantity
Rd. – road
Re. – Rupee
recd. – received
recept. – receipt
ref. – reference
Rep. – representative, report, reporter
retd. – retired, returned
Regt. – Regiment
Rs. – Rupees
R.S.V.P. – repondez s'ill cous plait [Fr.] reply, if you please
S. – South, Seconds
Sa. / Sat. – Saturday
s.c. – small capital
s.d. – sine die, Without a day [fixed]
SEATO – South-East Asia Treaty Organisation
Sec. / Secy. – Secretary
sec. – Second
Sep. / Sept. – September
Sig. – Signature
sing. – singular
Sq.sq. – square
St. – Street
Sub. / subj. – subject
T.B. – tuberculosis
tech. – technical, technology
tel. – telegraph
t.o. – turn over
Tr. – Translator, transpose
TV – television
U.S.A. – United States of America
U.S.S.R. – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
U. – uranium, Universal
U.D.C. – Upper Division Clerk
U.K. – United Kingdom
U.P. – United Provinces, Uttar Pradesh
Vs. – Versus, against
vb. – verb
vid. – vide, see
viz – videlicet, namely
V.I.P. – Very Important Person
V. P. – Vice President
vt. – verb-transitive
W. – West
Wed. – Wednesday
w.e.f. – with effect from
w.f. – wrong fount
WHO – World Health Organisation
X. – numeral for ten
S. / Xt. – Christ
Xm. / Xmas – Christmas
y. / yr. – year
Y.M.C.A. – Young man's Christian Association
Y.W.C.A. – Young Women's Christian Association
Zn. – Zinc
& – et, and
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