Abbrevitations and Acronyms

/. and LC Letter of Credit

+ and/plus LOL laughing out loud
ad(vert) advertisement M&A Mergers and Acquisitions
aka also known as MBA Masters in Business
Administration
am In the morning MOU Memorandum of Understanding
(pré-contrato)
appt appointment NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
(contrato de
confidenciabilidade)
asap as soon as possible NWT New with Tags
ATB All the best OEM Original equipment
manufacturer
attn attention OMG Oh My God (Goodness)
at the mo at the moment OPEX Operational Expenditure
BBS Be back in a second PIN* Personal Identification Number
BFN Bye for now pls Please
BRB Be right back i.e in other words
BFF Best friends forever IMF International Monatary Fund
(FMI)
BTW By the way IMO In my opinion
CAPEX Capital expenditure info Information
CEO Chief executive officer IPO Initial Public Offering
CFO Chief Financial officer pm In the afternoon
CRM Customer relationship PO Purchase order (PO Number)
management
CU see you PPE Personal Protective equipment
DIY Do It Yourself
EBITDA Earnings before interest, taxes, PR Public Relations
depreciation and amortization
eg for example QC Quality Control
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning R&D Research and Development
etc etecetera/ and so on RFP Request for Proposal (Edital de
licitação)
FAQ Frequently asked questions re regarding / about
FBO Free on board rep Representative
FTE Full time employee rgds regards
FY Fiscal year RIP Rest In Peace
FYI For your information ROE Return equity (retorno sobre
patrimônio liquido)
Fwd forward REQ request
GDP Gross Domestic Product (PIB) ROI Return on investment
HR Human Resources RSVP Please Respond
ID Identification RU Are you
IDK I Don’t Know KPI Key Performance Indicator
ie In other words sb somebody
IRS Internal Revenue Service sth something
JIT Just in time TBD To be determined / defined
thk thanks TGIF Thank God Its Friday
TIA Thanks in advance
TTYL Talk To You Later
U you
VIP Very Important Person
w/e weekend
wk week
WTO World Trade Organization
SLA Service level agreement
SWOT Strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats
yr Year
YTD Year to date (acumulado do ano)

Sun Sunday
Mon Monday
Tues Tues
Wed Wednesday
Thurs Thursday
Fri Friday
Sat Saturday

Fonte:

CHAPMMAN, R. English for emails. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2013.

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