Use the below list of business acronyms while communicating with coworkers at work and in business messaging.
Most likely, at this point, we all understand our LOLs from our OMGs. But there are countless acronyms available that we might use to simplify our lives or our work a little. They vary from the bizarre and amazing to the really technical and proficient.
Professionals may communicate effectively and swiftly by using a variety of commercial abbreviations and acronyms. While some of these are typical in business settings, others are exclusive to certain divisions, like finance, technology, or sales. Gaining a better understanding of your coworkers and improving workplace communication are also possible benefits of learning these phrases.
Most 90 Popular Abbrevations
English workplace abbreviations The 90 most popular business acronyms and abbreviations used in the workplace are listed here.
1. Co. – Company
2. Ad – Advertisement
3. APR – Annual Percentage Rate
4. B2B – Business To Business
5. CFO – Chief Financial Officer
6. Ea. – Each
7. Corp. – Corporation
8. CSR – Customer Sales Representative
9. FAQ – Frequently Asked Question
10. FWD – Forward
11. Inc. – Incorporated
12. GDP – Gross Domestic Product
13. ISO – International Organization for Standardization
14. HQ – Headquarters
15. ISO – International Organization for Standardization
16. Memo – Memorandum
17. Jr. – Junior
18. PO – Purchase Order
19. R&D – Research and Development
20. PR – Public Relations
21. ROI – Return on Investment
22. Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 – First Quarter, Second Quarter, Third Quarter, Fourth Quarter
23. Temp – Temporary Secretary
24. W/O – Without
25. SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
26. W/ – With
27. ESP – Email Service Provider
28. EOM – End Of Message
29. FWIW – For What It’s Worth
30. EOT – End Of Thread
31. IAM – In A Meeting
32. IMHO – In My Humble Opinion
33. IMO – In My Opinion
34. KPI – Key Performance Indicator
35. MBO – Management By Objectives
36. NWR – Not Work Related
37. KRA – Key Result/Responsibility Area
38. NSFW – Not Safe For Work.
39. ROWE – Results Only Work Environment
40. SME – Subject Matter Expert
41. OTP – On The Phone / One-Time Password
42. SMART – Specific, Measureable, Attainable or Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound
43. ROWE – Results Only Work Environment
44. VC – Virtual Class
45. VW – Virtual Worker
46. SOHO – Small Office / Home Office
47. VPN – Virtual Private Network
48. WAH – Work At Home
49. WBT – Web-Based Training
50. VWVW – Virtual Worker at Virtual Workplace
51. WBT – Web-Based Training
52. WIIFM – What’s In It For Me?
53. WFH – Work from home
54. WIIFM – What’s in it for me
55. WOM – Word of mouth
56. YTD – Year to date
57. SME – Subject matter expert
58. TED – Tell me, explain to me, describe to me
59. TL;DR – Too long, didn’t read
60. TLTR – Too long to read
61. TOS – Terms of service
62. TYT – Take your time
63. LWOP – Leave without pay
64. NAV – Net assets value
65. P-card – Purchase card
66. ROA – Return on assets
67. ROE – Return on equity
68. ROI – Return on investment
69. P/E – Price to earnings
70. P&L – Profit and loss
71. IDA – Attention, interest, desire, action
72. UV – Unique visitor
73. SMB – Small to medium business
74. SaaS – Software as a service
75. SEO – Search engine optimization
76. RT – Retweet
77. PPC – Pay per click
78. GA – Google Analytics
79. ESP – Email service provider
80. CRM – Customer relationship management
81. CR – Conversion rate
82. CTR – Click through rate
83. CMS – Content management system
84. B2B – Business to business
85. PR – Public relations
86. GC – General counsel
87. HR – Human resources
88. OTP – On the phone.
89. WOM – Word of mouth.
90. BID – Break it down.
Which abbrevation is your favourite? Which is the most awful one you’ve ever heard? Submit your acronym woes and/or suggestions here.
