Suggested Abbreviations
Suggested Abbreviations
Whenever possible, do not use abbreviations in variables, functions and objects names.
If there is no other choice, then use the suggestions below.
Abbreviation
Text
Abs
absence
Acc
account
Acc
accounting
Accum
accumulated
Act
action
Activ
activity
Add
additional
Addr
address
Adj
adjust
Adjd
adjusted
Adjmt
adjustment
Agrmt
agreement
Alloc
allocation
Allow
allowance
Alt
alternative
Amt
amount
Amts
amounts
Ans
answer
Appl
applies
Appln
application
Arriv
arrival
Asm
assembly
ATO
assemble to order
Assgnt
assignment
Assoc
associated
Attmt
attachment
Auth
authorities
Auto
automatic
Avail
availability
Avg
average
BA
ba db.
Bal
balance
BOM
bill of materials
Blnkt
blanket
Budg
budget
Buf
buffer
Bus
business
BIM
business interaction management
Buy
buying
Calc
calculate
Calcd
calculated
Calcu
calculation
Cal
calendar
Cap
capacity
CRP
capacity requirements planning
CF
cash flow
CF
cashflow
ctlg
catalog
Cat
category
CPU
Central Processing Unit
Ctr
center
Chg
change
Chgs
changes
Char
character
Chars
characters
Chrg
charge
Chrgs
charges
Chk
check
Class
classification
coll
collection
col
column
Cmt
comment
Co
company
Comp
component
Cmpltn
completion
Comps
components
Compn
composition
Compr
compression
Concrnt
concurrent
Conf
confidential
Cnfrmn
confirmation
Confl
conflict
Consol
consolidate
Consolid
consolidation
Consump
consumption
Cont
contact
Cntr
container
Contr
contract
Contrd
contracted
Ctrl
control
Ctrls
controls
Conv
conversion
Cor
correction
Corres
correspondence
Corresp
corresponding
Cst
cost
COGS
sold
Cr
credit
Cumul
cumulate
Curr
currency
Crnt
current
Cust
customer
CV
customer/vendor
Dly
daily
Damp
dampener
DBMS
database management system
D
date
Def
definition
Demo
demonstration
Dept
department
DP
department/project
Depr
depreciation
Desc
description
Dtl
detail
Dtld
detailed
Dtls
details
Dev
deviation
Diff
difference
Dim
dimension
Dir
direct
Disc
discount
Discr
discrete
Distr
distribute
Distrd
distributed
Distbtr
distributor
Distrn
distribution
Doc
document
Dupl
duplicate
Entrd
entered
Engin
engineering
Exch
exchange
Excl
excluding
Exec
execute
Expd
expected
Exped
expedited
Exp
expense
Expr
expression
Expir
expiration
Ext
extended
Expl
explode
Expt
export
Fnl
final
Fin
finance
Fisc
fiscal
Fnshd
finished
FA
fixed asset
Fwd
forward
Frt
freight
Gen
general
GL
general ledger
Gr
group
Hdr
header
Hist
history
Hol
holiday
HR
human resource
ID
identification
Imp
import
Inbnd
inbound
Incl
including
Incld
included
Incmg
incoming
ISV
independent software vendor
Indust
industry
Info
information
Init
initial
Intra
Intrastat
Interact
interaction
Integr
integration
Int
interest
Intm
Interim
IP
internal protocol
Invt
inventory
Invtbl
inventoriable
Inv
invoice
Invd
invoiced
IT
item tracking
Jnl
journal
Lang
language
Ledg
ledger
Lvl
level
Ln
line
Lt
list
LCY
local currency
Loc
location
mailing
Maint
maintenance
Mgt
management
Man
manual
Mfg
manufacturing
Mfr
manufacturer
Mat
material
Mktg
marketing
Max
maximum
Meas
measure
Msg
message
Min
minimum
Misc
miscellaneous
Mod
modify
Mth
month
Neg
negative
NonInvtbl
non-inventoriable
Notif
notification
No
number
Nos
numbers
Obj
object
Oper
operating
Opp
opportunity
Ord
order
Ords
orders
Orig
original
Org
organization
Outbnd
outbound
Outg
Outgoing
Out
output
Outstd
outstanding
Ovhd
overhead
Pmt
payment
Pct
percent
Persnl
personnel
Phys
physical
Pic
picture
Plng
planning
Pstd
posted
Post
posting
Pos
positive
Prec
precision
Prepmt
prepayment
Prod
product
Prod
production
ProdOrd
production order
Proj
project
Prop
property
Prspct
prospect
Purch
purchase
Purch
purchases
Purchr
purchaser
PurchOrd
purchase order
Qlty
quality
Qty
quantity
Questn
questionnaire
Qte
quote
RF
radio frequency
Rng
range
Rcpt
receipt
Rcd
received
Rec
record
Recs
records
Recncl
reconcile
Recon
reconciliation
Recur
recurring
Ref
reference
Reg
register
Regn
registration
Regd
registered
Rel
relation
Rels
relations
Rlshp
relationship
Rlse
release
Rlsd
released
Rem
remaining
Rmdr
reminder
Repl
replacement
Rplnsh
replenish
Rplnsht
replenishment
Rpt
report
Rep
represent
Repd
represented
Rqst
request
Reqd
required
Reqt
requirement
Reqts
requirements
Req
requisition
Rsv
reserve
Rsvd
reserved
Reserv
reservation
Resol
resolution
Res
resource
Rsp
response
Resp
responsibility
Rtn
retain
Rtnd
retained
Ret
return
Rets
returns
Revaln
revaluation
Rev
reverse
Rvw
review
Rnd
round
Rndd
rounded
Rndg
rounding
Rte
route
Rtng
routing
Rout
routine
Sales
sales & receivables
Saf
safety
Sched
schedule
Sec
second
Seg
segment
Sel
select
Selctn
selection
Seq
sequence
Ser
serial
SN
serial number
Serv
service
Sh
sheet
Shpt
shipment
Src
source
Spcl
special
Spec
specification
Specs
specifications
Std
standard
SF
frequency
Stmt
statement
Stat
statistical
Stats
statistics
Stk
stock
SKU
stockkeeping unit
Stm
stream
SQL
structured query language
Subcontr
subcontract
Subcontrd
subcontracted
Subcontrg
subcontracting
Sub
substitute
Subst
substitution
Sug
suggest
Sugd
suggested
Sugn
suggestion
Sum
summary
Suspd
suspended
Sympt
symptom
Synch
synchronize
Temp
temporary
Tot
total
Transac
transaction
Trans
transfer
Transln
translation
Trkg
tracking
Tblsht
troubleshoot
Tblshtg
troubleshooting
UOM
unit of measure
UT
unit test
Unreal
unrealized
Unrsvd
unreserved
Upd
update
Valn
valuation
Val
value
VAT
value added tax
Var
variance
Vend
vendor
Whse
warehouse
WS
web shop
Wksh
worksheet
GL
g/l
Pct
%
Three-Tier
3-tier
Osynch
Outlook Synch