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1. ABTA | Abta, n. View full entry 1950
...The Association of British Travel Agents, established in 1950....
2. ACAS, n. View full entry 1975
...The Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service, set up by the British Government to mediate in industrial disputes....
3. ADAS, n. View full entry 1971
...The Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, set up in Britain in 1971 to provide consultancy in matters relating to farming and environmental management....
4. AIDS, n. View full entry 1982
...A disease characterized by fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and the occurrence of opportunistic infections and malignant tumours, associated with a reduction in the number of helper T lymphocytes in the blood, and...
5. Alice, n.2 View full entry 1973
...A soldier's field pack for carrying weapons and other essential items, typically consisting of a frame with a rucksack and subsidiary attachments, or a belt or harness with a collection of pockets,...
6. Ameslan, n. View full entry 1972
...= American Sign LanguageAmerican3a. Cf. ASLA....
7. ANOVA, n. View full entry 1949
...A procedure for analysing the statistical significance of differences between the mean scores of two or more groups on one or more independent variables, involving resolution of the total variance of the...
8. APEC, n. View full entry 1989
...Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, a forum of 21 Pacific Rim countries (including Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States), established in 1989 to facilitate economic growth and prosperity in the...
9. ˈApex, n.2 (and adj.) View full entry 1971
...A system whereby airline tickets for scheduled flights may be bought at a reduced rate on certain conditions (usually including payment in advance and a specified interval between outward and return flights);...
10. ˈApex, n.3 View full entry 1972
...A British trade union representing clerical and other non-manual workers....
11. Armco, n. View full entry 1920
...A proprietary name for a soft iron of high purity. Usu. attrib....
12. ASBO, n. View full entry 1997
...An anti-social behaviour order, a court order obtainable by local authorities which places restrictions on the movements or actions of a person who persisently engages in anti-social behaviour....
13. ASCII, n. View full entry 1963
...A standard seven-bit character code by which information is stored and transmitted in a computer or a data transmission system....
14. ASEAN, n. View full entry 1967
...The Association of South-East Asian Nations, a regional organization established in 1967 and intended to promote economic cooperation and growth within South-East Asia....
15. A.S.L.E.F. | ASLEF | Aslef, n. View full entry 1914
...The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, a British trade union; nowadays, the trade union to which train drivers belong....
16. AWACS, n. View full entry 1966
...An airborne long-range radar system for detecting other aircraft, including low-flying ones, and controlling weapons directed against them....
17. BAFTA, n. View full entry 1976
...An organization founded in 1976 to promote British films and television. BAFTA award, any of a series of awards presented annually by the Academy for outstanding achievement in...
18. BASIC, n.2 View full entry 1964
...A high-level programming language originally developed as a general-purpose language similar to English and easy to learn, and now widely used with personal computers. ...
19. bimbo, n.3 View full entry 1991
...The purchase of (a controlling share in) a company by a partnership of outside managers and the company's own management. Cf. management buy-in2, management buy-outmanagement2....
20. BOAT, n.2 View full entry 1974
...In England and Wales: a (category of) public right of way open to all types of vehicle on the basis of historical evidence of vehicular use, but used chiefly as a footpath...
