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Chapter 7.
Money
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The following are some of the abbreviations and symbols used for indicating money:
(For the abbreviations of other terms indicating currency, see the table "Currency" in Chapter 17 "Useful Tables")
- $, dol (dollar)
- Mex $2,650
- c, ct, ₵ (cent, cents)
- P (peso)
- TRL175 (Turkish)
- £ (pound)
- USD15.000
- d (pence)
- € (euro)
Use "USD" if omission would result in confusion.
Standard word abbreviations
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If abbreviations are required, use these forms:
- 2,4D (insecticide)
- 3d—third
- 4°—quarto
- 8°—octavo
- A1 (rating)
- A.A.—Alcoholics Anonymous
- AARP—American Association of Retired Persons
- abbr.—abbreviation
- abs.—abstract
- acct.—account
- ACDA—Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- ACTH—adrenocorticotropic hormone
- A.D.—(anno Domini) in the year of our Lord (A.D. 937)
- ADDH—attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity
- ADHD—attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- AEF—American Expeditionary Forces
- AF—audiofrequency
- AFB—Air Force Base
- AFL-CIO—American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- AID—Agency for International Development
- AIDS—acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- a.k.a.—also known as
- A.L.R.—American Law Reports
- AM—amplitude modulation (no periods)
- A.M.—(anno mundi) in the year of the world
- A.M. or M. A.—master of arts
- a.m.—(ante meridiem) before noon
- Am. Repts.—American Reports
- Amtrak—National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- AM VETS—American Veterans of World War II; Amvet(s) (individual)
- antilog—antilogarithm (no period)
- AOA—Administration on Aging
- API—American Petroleum Institute
