LIST OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE ABBREVIATIONS
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1 ADR American Depository Receipt
2 AI Artificial Intelligence
3 ASAP As soon as Possible
4 AGM Annual General Meeting
5 AP Accounts Payable
6 AR Accounts Receivable
7 AOP Annual Operating Profit
8 ATM Automated Teller Machine
9 B2B Business to Business
10 B2C Business to Consumer
11 BEP Break Even Point
12 BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
13 BPO Business Process Outsourcing
14 BOP Balance of Payments
15 BU Business Unit
16 BSE Bombay Stock Exchange
17 BMC Business Model Canvas
Chief Administrative Officer/
18 CAO
Chief Accounts Officer
19 CAPEX Capital Expenditure
20 CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model
21 CEO Chief Executive Officer
22 CFA Chartered Financial Analyst
23 CIF Cost Insurance with Freight
24 COGS Cost of Goods Sold
25 CPI Consumer Price Index
Credit Rating Information
26 CRISIL
Services of India
Corporate Social
27 CSR
Responsibility
Customer Relationship
28 CRM
Management
29 COO Chief Operating Officer
Comptroller and Auditor
30 CAG
General
31 DTP Desktop Publishing
32 EPS Earnings Per Share
33 EOU Export Oriented Unit
34 EPZ Export Processing Zone
35 ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
36 EMI Equated Monthly Instalments
37 EXIM Export Import Bank of India
38 FII Foreign Institutional Investors
39 FIFO First In First Out
40 FOB Free on Board
41 FOREX Foreign Exchange
42 FDI Foreign Direct Investment
General Agreement for Trade
43 GATT
and Tariff
44 GDP Gross Domestic Product
45 GST Goods and Services Tax
Housing Development
46 HDFC
Finance Corporation
47 HRM Human Resource Manager
Human Resource
48 HRD
Development
49 IPO Initial Public Offer
Industrial Finance
50 IFCI
Corporation of India
51 IMF International Monetary Fund
52 KYC Know Your Customer
53 KPI Key Performance Indicator
54 LoC Letter of Credit
55 LIFO Last in First Out
56 LLP Limited Liability Partnership
57 MCA Ministry of Company Affairs
Management Information
58 MIS
System
Micro Small and Medium
59 MSME
Enterprises
National Bank for
60 NABARD Agricultural and Rural
Development
National Electronic Fund
61 NEFT
Transfer
Non-Banking Finance
62 NBFC
Companies
63 NAV Net Asset Value
National Association of
64 NASDAQ Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation
65 NYSE New York Stock Exchange
National Securities
66 NSDL
Depository Limited
67 NPV Net Present Value
68 NRI Non-Resident Indian
Over the Counter Exchange
69 OTCEI
of India
70 OTP One Time Password
71 PA Personal Assistant
72 PAN Permanent Account Number
73 PPC Pay Per Click
74 PSU Public Sector Undertaking
75 PPF Public Provident Fund
76 PRO Public Relations Officer
77 ROI Return on Investment
78 ROC Registrar of Companies
Securities and Exchange
79 SEBI
Board of India
80 SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
81 TDS Tax Deduction at Source
82 UTI Unit Trust of India
83 WFH Work From Home
84 VAT Value Added Tax