Business Acronyms and Abbreviations Presentation
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Business Acronyms and Abbreviations Presentation
Business acronyms presentation
Split the list of words below into things which can be written as acronyms, e.g. ASEAN,
and write those acronyms as a list below.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations annual general meeting as soon as possible
business to business corporate social responsibility chief executive officer chief finance
officer chief operating officer curriculum vitae estimated time of arrival Financial Times
financial year 2020 for your information frequently asked questions Great British pounds
Greenwich Mean Time gross domestic product headquarters human responses intellectual
property the internet of things initial public offering mergers and acquisitions master of
business administration Middle East and North Africa per annum personal assistant profit
and loss public limited company public relations research and development real estate
investment trust return on investment small and medium-sized enterprises search engine
optimisation to be announced to be arranged to be confirmed to be determined trade mark
United States dollars unique selling points value added tax vice president any other
business
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Suggested answers
ASEAN
AGM
ASAP
B2B
CSR
CEO
CFO
COO
CV
ETA
FT
FY2020
FYI
FAQ
GBP
GMT
GDP
HQ
HR
IP
IoT
IPO
M&A
MBA
MENA
PA
PA
P&L
PLC
PR
R&D
REIT
ROI
SMEs
SEO
TBA
TBA
TBC
TBD
TM
USD
USPs
VAT
VP
AOB
Try to remember what all the acronyms above stand for.
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Business abbreviations presentation
Join the halves of the words below to make the longer versions of the abbreviations on the
left.
admin
erative
ad
imately
advert
isement
approx
istration
co-op
nstration
Corp
oration
(political/ product) demo
orporated
fig
rmation
Inc
ure 1
info
vertisement
kilo
ellaneous
max
garding
memo
gramme
misc
imum
re
munications
sales rep
orary staff
telecom
randum
temp
resentative
trade/ labor
union
Test each other on the expressions above:
-
Say a short version for your partner to say the long version of
-
Say a long version for your partner to say the short version of
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Make as many of these phrases shorter as you can. Note that some cannot be made
shorter and so should be kept as they are.
administration
advertisement
after sales service
approximately
British pounds
business to business
commercial
cooperative
Corporation
deflation
(political/ product) demonstration
figure 1
financial technology
foreign exchange
fourth quarter
Greenwich Mean Time
headquarters
Incorporated
inflation
information
kilogramme
kilometre
limited (company/ liability company)
maximum
memorandum
mergers and acquisitions
miscellaneous
new recruit
part time
regarding
research and development
sales representative
social media
specifications
telecommunications
telephone conference
temporary staff
trade union/ labor union
trademark
value added tax
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Suggested answers
Ones which are the same as above cannot be shortened/ are not usually shortened.
admin
ad/ advert
after sales service
approx.
pounds
B2B
commercial
co-op
Corp
deflation
(political/ product) demo
fig 1
fintech
forex
Q4
GMT
HQ
Inc
inflation
info
kilo/ kg
km
Ltd
max
memo
M&A
misc.
new recruit
P/T
re
R&D
sales rep
social media
specs
telecoms
teleconference
temp
union
TM
VAT
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Try to remember the longer version of each of these expressions:
admin
approx.
ASAP
B2B
CFO
FY2020
co-op
Corp
(political/ product) demo
fig. 1
fintech
GDP
GMT
HQ
HR
IP
Inc
kilo
Ltd
M&A
max
memo
misc.
PLC
PR
Q4
R&D
re
sales rep
SMEs
specs
TBA/ TBC/ TBD
USPs
telecom
teleconference
temp
union
VAT
Check above.
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