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General Abbreviations

A

• a.m. » ante meridiem, before midday – prepodne
• ABC » American Broadcasting Company
• a/c [British English] » Account – račun
• a/c [American English] » air conditioning – klima, klimatizovano
• acct. [American English] » Account – račun
• AC » alternating current – naizmenična struja
• AD » anna domini, in the Year of the Lord – nova era
• approx. » Approximately – otprilike
• Ave. » Avenue – avenija

B

• BA » Bachelor of Arts – diplomac; British Airways – britanski aerotransport
• B.o.T. [British English] » Board of Trade – trgovačka komora
• B&B (B+B) » Bed and Breakfast – noćenje sa doručkom
• BBC [British English] » British Broadcasting Corporation
• BC » before Christ – pre Hrista, pre nove ere
• BO » body odour – miris tela
• BR » British Rail – britanska železnica
• Bros. » Brothers – braća
• BST » British Summer Time
• BT » British Telecom – britanski telekom
• BTA » British Tourist Authority

C

• c/o » care of; at the house or address of
• CCTV » closed-circuit television
• CET » Central European Time – Centralno Evropsko vreme (GMT +1)
• cf. (confer) » compare – uporediti
• CIA [American English] » Central Intelligence Agency
• CID [British English] » Criminal Investigation Department
• c.i.f. » cost, insurance, freight – cena, osiguranje, tovar
• CNN » Cable News Network
• COD » cash on delivery – plaćanje pouzećem
• C of E [British English] » Church of England – crkva Engleske
• CST [American English] » Central Standard Time – centralno standardno vreme
• CV » curriculum vitae – biografija

D

• DA [American English] » district attorney – okružni tužilac
• DC » direct current – jednosmerna struja
• DIY » do-it-yourself – uradi sam

E

• EC » European Community – evropska zajednica
• e.g. » exempli gratia, for example – na primer
• encl. » Enclosed – priloženo
• etc. » et cetera – i tako dalje

F

• FAQ » Frequently Asked Questions – najčešće postavljana pitanja
• fig. » Figure – cifra
• ft. » feet – stopa, mera za dužinu (30,48 cm)

G

• gal. [American English] » gallon – galon, mera za tečnost (3,785 l)
• gal. [British English] » gallon – galon, mera za tečnost (4,564 l)
• GCSE » General Certificate of Secondary Education
• GMT » Greenwich Mean Time – računanje vremena po Griniču
• GPS » Global Positioning System – globalni sistem za pozicioniranje

H

• HP » Horsepower – konjska snaga
• h&c » hot and cold – toplo i hladno
• hr » Hour – sat
• HRH » Her/His Royal Highness – njeno/njegovo visočanstvo
• ht » Height – visina

I

• i.e. » id est, that is – to jest

L

• lb » pound – funta (453,59 g)
• Ltd » Limited – ograničen

M

• MA » Master of Arts – magistar
• mph » miles per hour – milja na čas
• Mr » Mister – gospodin
• Mrs » Missis – gospođa
• Ms » Miss – gospođica

N

• NBC [American English] » National Broadcasting Company
• no » Number – broj

O

• OAP » old-age pensioner – penzioner
• OHP » overhead projector – grafoskop, videoskop

P

• p.a. » per annum – godišnje
• p.m. » post meridiem, after midday – poslepodne
• PE » Physical Education – fizičko vaspitanje
• pp » Pages – stranice
• pt » Part, pint, point – deo
• pto » please turn over – okrenite na drugu stranu

R

• RC » Roman Catholic –  rimokatolički
• Rd » Road – put
• RE » Religious Education

S

• Sq. » Square – kvadratni, trg
• St. » Street – ulica; state – državni; Saint – sveti

T

• tbs/tbsp » Tablespoonful

Y

• yd » Yard – jarda