Commonly used English vocabulary abbreviations for document work
@ at every; to (price)
amp; and and, with
AA Automatic Approval Automatic license
a.a after arrival After arrival
A.A.R.; aar Against all risks Cover all risks
abt. about
A/C. Account Current current account
A/C. Account account, account
Acc. Acceptance acceptance; Accepted acceptance; account account; Accident accident (insurance term)
acpt. acceptance
ACN. Air Consignment Note
A/D. after date
A.D. anno domini (L.) AD (later)
ad; advt. advertisement
Adval. Advalorem (according to value) ad valorem calculation
add. Address address
adv. advice
A.F. Advanced freights
A.F.B. air freight bill
Ag. Agreement Agree; Agent person
A.l first-class first-class
amt. amount amount; total amount; *** total
anon. anonymous
a/c; acc/o account of... someone's account
a/or and/or and/or
A/P Authority to Purchase
a.p, abitional premium surcharge
A/P; a.p. Additional Premium additional premium; additional insurance premium
A.P.L.; a.p.l. As per list according to the table Listed
app.appendixAppendix
approx.approximateapproximateapproximately
Apr. April
A.R. All Risks insurance
arr. arrival; arrived arrived
a.s after sight after seeing the ticket
a/s. alongside shipside
ass mt . assortment various categories; various colors
asst. assorted classification; fancy matching
atten. attention attention
Aug August August
A/v;A.V. Advalorem=According to Value ad valorem;according to value
Av. average average
av.;A/V;avg. average
Average
A/W actual weight Actual weight; net weight
A.W.B air way bill air waybill
Bal. balance balance
bar.or brl. barrel barrel, lute barrel
B.B.clause Both to blame collision clause Ship collision clause
B/C Bills for Collrction Collection documents
B.C. before Christ BC
b.d brought down
B.D. Bank draft Bill Discounted
b.d.i. both dates inclusive
bdle.;bdl. bundle;bundle
b.e.;B/E;B.EX. Bill of Exchange
B.f. Brought forward Continued on the next page
B/G Bonded goods
bg.; B/s bag(s) bags
bkg. banking banking
bkt. basket basket; Kuang
bl.; bls. bale(s) package
Blading Bill of Lading
bldg. bales package; barrels barrel
bot.;bott.;btl bottle bottle
br. brand trademark; brand
Brkge. breakage broken
brls. barrels barrel ; Pipa bucket
b/s bags; bales bags; bags
Bs/L Bills of Lading (plural)
btl. bottle bottle
bu. bushel bushel
bx. box box
bxs. boxes box (plural), box (plural)
c/-(or c/s) cases case
ca.; c/s; cs. case or cases case
C.A.D.; C/D cash against documents
canc. cancelled Cancel; cancel
C.A.F. Cost, Assurance, Freight (=C.I.F.) cost plus premium, freight price
canclg. cancelling cancel; cancel
cat. catalog Product catalog
C/B clean bill Clean bill
C.B.D cash before delivery Deliver the document after insurance payment
c.c. cubic centimetre cubic centimeter; cubic centimeter
c.c. carbon copy carbon copy; copy
C.C. Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce
C.C.I.B. China Commodity Inspection Bureau China Commodity Inspection Bureau
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C/d carried down
cent. centum(L.) one hundred
Cert.; certif. certificate; certified certificate; proof
c.f. Cubic feet
C/f Carried Forward
cf. confer
C.amp; F. Cost and Freight cost and freight price
CFS; C.F.S. Container Freight Station container transfer station; freight station
Cg. Centigramme public millimeter
C.G.A. Cargo's proportion of General Average ***average share
cgo. cargo cargo
chges. charges
Chq Cheque
C.I. Certificate of Insurance insurance certificate; Consular Invoice consular invoice; consular visa
C.I.F Cost, Insurance, Freight cost, insurance premium plus freight price
C.I.F.amp; C. Cost, Insurance, Freight & Commission Cost, insurance plus freight, commission price
C.I.F.amp; E. Cost, Insurance, Freight & Exchange Price of cost, insurance, freight and commission
>C.I.F. & I. Cost, Insurance, Freight & Interest Price of cost, insurance, freight plus interest
C.I.O. Cash in Order; Cash with order Payment when ordering
cks. casks barrel
cl. class; clause level; clause; item
CLP Container Load Plan container packing list
cm. centimetre square centimeter ; square centimeter
cm?; square centimetre square centimeter; square centimeter
cm?; cubicc centimetre cubic centimeter; cubic centimeter
CMB International Carriage of Goods by Road Treaty
CMI Comit'e Maritime International International Maritime Commission
c/n cover note temporary insurance policy; advance insurance policy
CNC new container transportation
Co. Company Company
c/o care of
C/O;c.o. Certificate of origin Certificate of origin
c.o.d., C.O.D. Cash on delivery or Collection delivery Cash on Delivery
COFC Container on Flat Car Flat Car Shipping Container
Com. Commission Commission
Con.inv. Co
nsular invoice consular visa invoice
cont.; contr. contract contract; contract
contd. continued continued; continued (previous page)
contg. containing content
corp.; corpn.; cor. corporation company
C/P; c.py. charter party charter party
C.Q.D. Customary Quick Despatch at customary speed Loading and unloading
Cr. Credit lender; letter of credit; Creditor creditor
Crt. crate crate
Ct. Cent cent; Currentt current; current Credit lender; Letter of Credit
C.T.D. Combined transport document
CTB/L Combined transport bill of lading
C.T.O. Combined transport operator
cu.cm; cb.cm cubic centimetre cubic centimeter; cubic centimeter
cu.in.; cb.in. cubic inch cubic inch
cu.m .; cb.m. cubic meter cubic meter; cubic meter
cu.ft.; cb.ft. cubic foot cubic foot
cur.; curt. current(this month ) this month
cur. currency currency system
cu.yd.;cb.yd. cubic yard cubic yard
C.W.O. cash with order payment upon order
p>c.w.t.; cwt. hundredweight (122 pounds)
CY Container Yard container yard
d. denarii (L), panny or pence penny
D/A Document against Acceptance
d/a days after acceptance (payment)
D.D.; D/D Demand draft at sight Delivered at docks D/d documentary draft Documentary draft
Dec. December December
deld. delivered
dept. department department; department; department
destn. destination destination port; destination
D/f dead freight empty space fee
drt. draft bill of exchange
diam. diameter diameter
diff. difference difference
dis.; disc't discount discount; discount; discount interest
dis.;Dolls. dollars
Dmge. Damage damage <
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destn. destination destination port; destination
D/N debit note long-term payment bill
doc. document document
doc. att. document attached attached documents; attached certificates
dols.; dolls. dollars yuan
D/P document against payment payment document
doz. dozen
d.p. direct port direct port
d/s; d.s.; days.st. days after sight payment several days after seeing the ticket
ds.; d's days day
dto.; do ditto Same as above; Same as before
d.t. delivery time delivery time
dup.; dupl.; duplte. duplicate transcript; Two copies; two copies
D.W.T. dead weight tonnage
D/Y delivery delivery; delivery
dz.; doz. dozen
ea. each
E.C. Exempli causa(for example) For example
E/D Export Declaration export declaration
E.E. errors excepted Check; correct errors
E.E.C. European Economic Community European Economic Community
e.g.; ex.g. Exempli gratia(L.)=for example
end.endorsed;endorsement endorsement
encl.;enc. ecnlosure attachment
E.amp;O.E. errors and omissions excepted Errors and omissions should be checked; errors and omissions should be corrected
E.O.M. end of month end of month
E.O.S. end of season end of season
eq. equivalent equivalent, equal quantity
e.q.m. equal quantity monthly equal to every month The quantity
Et.seq. Et sequentia(and other things) and those mentioned below
Et.al. Et.alibi(and elsewhere) etc.
e.t.a.;eta;ETA estimated(expected)time of arrival ETA estimated time of arrival
etc. et cetera(L.)=and others, etc.
ETCL;etcl expected time of commencement of loading Estimated loading time
etd; ETD estimated(expected)time of departure ETDEL expected time of delivery Estimated delivery time
ETFD expected tim
e of finishing discharging Estimated time of unloading
ETFL expected time of finishing loading Estimated time of loading
ex per or out of ride
excluding; example example; sample
Exch. exchange, exchange; exchange
Excl. exclusive or excluding except
ex.int. ex interest no interest
exp. export export
Exs. expenses
Ext. extra special; additional
F degree Fahrenheit Fahrenheit
F.A. free alongside (ship) (ship) side delivery
f/a/a; F.A.A. free from all average (insurance term)
f.a.c. fast as can as soon as possible
F.A.Q.; E.A.Q. fair average quality Main road goods; medium quality
F.A.S.; F.A.S. free alongside ship Free alongside ship price
F.B. freight bill Freight bill
fc franc franc
Fch. frachise deductible rate (generally refers to relative)
FCL Full Container Load FCL
F.C. amp;.S. free of capture and seizure clause war insurance exclusion clause
f.e. for example
Feb. February February
f.f.a. free from alongside Free on board price
f.g.a.; F.G.A. free from general average ***No compensation for average loss
f.i. for instance; free in The ship does not bear the shipping fee
f.ig. figure
f.i.o. free in and out The ship does not bear the loading and unloading charges
fi.o.s. free in, out and stowed The ship does not bear the loading and unloading charges and stowage charges
f.i.o.s.t. free in.lut, stowed and trimmed The ship does not bear the loading, unloading, stowed and trimming charges
f.i.w. free in wagon The carrier does not bear the stowage charges Loading fee
F/O in favor of Delivered to..., in favor of...
f.o. free out The ship is not responsible for unloading fee
F.O.A. free on aircraft F.O.R. free on rail F.O.S. free on steamer
FOS.; f.o.s. free on steamer
Price
f.o.b.; F.O.B. free on board free on board price
F.O.B.S. free on board stowed free on board price including cargo charges
f.o.c. free of charges free
f.ot.; fot free on truck delivery price
F/P fire policy fire insurance policy
E.P. floating policy Comprehensive insurance policy
F.P.A. free from particular average Ping An Insurance
F.; Fr. franc franc
frt.; frit.; fgt. freight freight
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frt.ppd freight prepaid
ft. foot feet
ft.-lb. foot-pound foot-pound (unit of work)
f.w.d. fresh water damage fresh water loss
fwd. forward; continued on the next page
F.X. foreign excharge foreign exchange
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