0-9 A-B
4P = Price, Product, Place and Promotion
7S = Strategy, Structure, Systems, Style, Staff, Skills, Shared values
a/c. = Account
A/C = Account Current
A/P = Accounts Payable
A/R = Accounts Receivable
AAA = American Accounting Association
AGM = Annual General Meeting
AGM = Assistant General Manager
AICTE = All India Council for Technical Education
AIDBs = All India Development Banks
AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIFIs = All India Financial Institutions
AOA = Articles of Association
APCERT = Asia Pacific CERT
APEC = Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
API = Application Programming Interface
ARR = Accounting Rate of Return
ASEAN = Association of South East Asian Nations
ASN = Autonomous System Number
ASP = Application Service Provider
ATM = Automated Teller Machine
B2B = Business-to-business
B-C
B2C = Business to Consumer
B2G = Business-to-government
BD = Business Development
BEP = Break-even Point
BIOS = Basic Input Output System
BOE = Bill of Exchange
BOO = Build Own Operate
BOOT = Build, Own, Operate & Transfer
BOT = Build Operate Transfer
BPO = Business Process Outsourcing
BRM = Business Research Methodology
BRN = Business Resources Network
C2B = Consumer-to-business
C2H = Cinema To Home
CAO = Chief Accounting Officer
CAPM = Capital asset pricing model
CAPTCHA = Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CARE = Centre for Advanced Computing Research and Education
CBDT = Central Board of Direct Taxes
CBE = Certified Business Economist
CBER = Center for Business and Economic Research
CBSE = Central Board of Secondary Education
C
CCC = Cash conversion cycle
CEO = Chief Executive Officer
CFA = Chartered Financial Analyst
CFM = Certified Financial Manager
CFO = Chief Financial Officer
CIMA = Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
CMO = Chief Marketing Officer
CMS = Content Management System
COC = Cost of Capital
COCO = Company Owned Company Operated
COD = Cash on Delivery
COO = Chief Operating Officer
Corp. = Corporation
CPA = Certified Public Accountant
CPA = Consumer Protection Act
CPA = cost per acquisition
CPA = Certified Public Accountant
CPC = Cost per click
CPI = Consumer Price Index
CPWD = Central Public Works Department
CRM = Customer Relationship Management
CSIRO = Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization
CSR = Corporate social responsibility
CTA = Call to Action
CVP = Cost Volume Profit
DDA = Depletion Depreciation Amortization
DEA = Department of Economic Affairs
dept. = Department
DICGC = Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
DIY = Do it yourself
DNS = Domain Name System
DOS = Disk operating system
DoS = Denial-of-service
DPR = Detailed Project Report
DR = Depositary receipt
DRDO = Defence Research and Development Organization
DSP = Delivery service provider
EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes
ECGC = Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
EDI = Electronic Data Interchange
EFT = Electronic Funds Transfer
EMD = Earnest Money Deposit
EMI = Equated Monthly Installment
EMS = Enterprise Management System
EOU = Export Oriented Unit
EPC = Export Promotion Council
E-F
EPGC = Export Promotion Capital Good
EPROM = Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EPS = Earnings per share
EPZ = Export Processing Zone
ERP = Enterprise Resource Planning
ESOP = Employee stock ownership plan
ETA = Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD = Estimated Time of Delivery
EU = European Union
EVP = Executive Vice President
FAQ = Frequently asked questions
FIFO = First In, First Out
FIPB = Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FL = Financial leverage
FM = Financial Management
FMCG = Fast Moving Consumer Goods
FOB = Freight On Board
FDA = Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act
FCN = Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank accounts)
FSSAI = Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
FTM = Fast Track Mechanism
FTP = File Transfer Protocol
FTTH = Fiber To The Home
G-H
G2B = Government-to-Business
G2C = Government to Consumer
G2C = Government-to-Citizen
G2E = Government-to-Employees
GAAP = Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAS = Generally Accepted Audit Standards
GAIL = Gas authority of India Limited
GDP = Gross Domestic Product
GDR = Global depository receipt
GE = Global Economy
GIC = General Insurance Corporation of India
GPRS = General Packet Radio Service
GPS = Global Positioning System
GSM = Global System for Mobile Communication
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HNI = High Net-worth Individual
HQ = Headquarters
HR = Human Resource
HRD = Human Resource Development
HRM = Human Resource Management
HRP = Human Resource Planning
HTML = Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP = Hyper Text Transport Protocol
HUF = Hindu Undivided Family
IAS = Indian Administrative services
IAS = International Accounting Standards
IC = Integrated circuits
ICANN = Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICICI = Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited
ICRA = Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency
IDBI = Industrial Development Bank of India
IFCI = Industrial Financial Corporation of India Limited
IIBI = Industrial Investment Bank of India Limited
IMF = International Monetary Fund
Inc. = Incorporated
IP = Internet Protocol
IPO = Initial Public Offering
IPR = Intellectual Property rights
IR = Interest Rate
IRBI = Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
IRCI = Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India Limited
IRCTC = Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
J-K-L-M
IRR = Internal Rate of Return
ISBN = International Standard Book Number
ISO = International Standards Organization
ISP = Internet Service Provider
ISRO = Indian Space Research Organization
JIS = Just in sequence
JIT = Just in time
KPI = Key Performance Indicators
KPO = Knowledge Process Outsourcing
KYC = Know Your Customer
LAN = Local Area Network
LBO = Limited Buyout
LC = Letter of Credit
LIC = Life Insurance Corporation of India
LIFO = Last In, First Out
LLC = Limited Liability Company
Ltd. = Limited Company
MAN = Metropolitan area network
MBE = Management By Exception
MBO = Management By Objective
MD = Managing Director
MEA = Ministry of External Affairs
MGMT = Management
M-N
MHA = Ministry of Home Affairs
MIS = Management Information System
MODEM = Modulator Demodulator
MOQ = Minimum Order Quantity
MOS = Margin of Safety
MOU = Memorandum Of Understanding
MP = Manpower Planning
MPC = marginal propensity to consume
MRO = Maintenance, Repair, and Operations
MRP = Maximum Retail Price
MSRP = Manufacturer’s suggested retail price
NABARD = National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
NASDAQ = National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
NASSCOM = National Association of Software and Services company
NAV = Net asset value
NDA = Non-Disclosure Agreement
NEP = New Economic Policy
NGO = Non-government organization
NHB = National Housing Bank
NII = Net Interest Income
NIM = Net Interest Margin
NOA = Net Operating Assets
NOC = No objection certificate
NOI = Net Operating Income
NOPAT = Net Operating Profit After Tax
NPA = Net Performing Assets
NPV = Net Present Value
NRI = Non –resident Indian
NSC = National Savings Certificate
NSIC = National Small Industries Corporation
NTPC = National Thermal Power Corporation
OB = Organizational Behaviour
OBC = Other Backward Classes
OC = Opportunity Cost
OCF = Operating cash flow
OCR = Optical Character Recognition
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
ONGC = Oil and Natural Gas Commission
OOH = Out of Home
OTS = One Time Settlement
P
P&L = Profit and Loss
PE = Price-to-earnings ratio
P2P = Peer to Peer
PA = Personal Assistant
PAN = Permanent Account Number
PAQ = Position Analysis Questionnaire
PAT = Profit After Tax
PBC = Performance Based Compensation
PBT = Profit Before Tax
PDA = Personal Digital Assistant
PDF = Portable Document Format
PEG = Price-to-earnings growth ratio
PF = Provident Fund
PIL = Public Interest Litigation
PIN = Postal Index Number
POP = Point of Presence
POP = Point of Purchase
POS = Point of Sale
POSM = Point of Sales Material
P-R
PPP = Public-private partnership
PPP = Purchasing power parity
PPP = Point to Point Protocol
PR = Public Relations
PSU = Public Sector Unit
PSU = Public Sector Undertaking
PWD = Public Works Department
R&D = Research and Development
RAM = Random Access Memory
RCI = Refinance Corporation for Industry
RE = Retained Earnings
RFP = Request for Proposals
ROA = Return on assets
ROCE = Return On Capital Employed
ROE = Return on Equity
ROI = Rate of Interest
ROI = Return on Investment
ROIC = Return on Invested Capital
RONA = Return on net assets
ROS = Return on Sales
RRP = Recommended retail price
RSP = Retail selling price
SAARC = South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SaaS = Software As A Service
SAIL = Steel Authority of India Limited
SBU = Strategic Business Unit
SCBA = Social Cost Benefit Analysis
SCM = Supply Chain Management
SEBI = Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEC = Securities and Exchange Commission
Sensex = Sensitive Index
SEO = Search engine optimization
SFIs = Specialized Financial Institutions
SG&A = Sales, General, and Administrative expenses
SIDBI = Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDC = State Industrial Development Corporation
SME = Small and Medium Enterprises
SMTP = Simple mail transfer protocol
SOBO = Small Office Business Office
SOHO = Small Office/Home Office
SRAM = Static Random Access Memory
SSIDC = State Small Industries Development Corporation
SSIs = Small Scale Industries Sector
SSL = Secure Socket Layer
SVP = Senior Vice President
T-U-V-W
TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
TQM = Total Quality Management
UGC = University Grants Commission
UIDAI = Unique Identification Authority of India
UNESCAP = United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICIF = United Nations Children`s Fund
URL = Uniform Resource Locator
USP = Unique Selling Point
UTI = Unit Trust of India
VAS = Value Added Services
VAT = Value Added Tax
VC = Venture Capital
VP = Vice President
VPN = Virtual private network
VRS = Voluntary Retirement Scheme
w.r.t = With Respect To
WACC = Weighted average cost of capital
WAN = Wide Area Network
WC = Working Capital
WCM = Working Capital Management
WHO = World Health Organization
Wifi = Wireless Fidelity
WPM = Workers Participation in Management
WTO = World Trade Organization
WWW = World Wide Web
WYSIWYG = What you see is what you get
X-Z
XML = Extensible Mark-up Language
ZBB = Zero Based Budgeting