A/C : Account
Adj. : 1- Adjective
2- Adjustment
Advt. : Advertisement
Ans. : Answer
A.M. : (Anti Meridian) before mid- Day
Amt. : April
A.C. : Air Conduction
AIR : All India Radio
Aus : Australia
B. Ed. : Bachelor of Education
B.C. : Before Christ
B.A. : Bachelor of Arts
B.B.C. : British Broadcasting Corporation
Capt. : Captain
C.I.D. : Criminal Investigation Department
Co. : Company
D/- : Dated
Dec. : December
D.I.G. : Deputy Inspector General
Dict. : Dictionary
D. Lit : Doctor of Literature
Do. : (Ditto) the same as aforesaid
Dr. : Debtor
E. : East
Ed. : Editor
Estd. : Established
Ex. : Exercise
E.g : Example
Feb. : February
Fig. : Figure
Ft. : feet
Gen. : General
H. : Hydrogen
Hon. : Honorable
I.A. : Indian Army
I.G. : Inspector General
I, e. : That is
IND : India
Jan. : January
Kc. : Kilo Cycle
Km. : Kilo meter
Lb. : (Libra) Pound
Ltd. : Limited
Mam. : Madam
M.D. : Doctor of Medicine
Min. : Minute
Ml. : Millie - liter
M.L.A. : Madame
M.P. : Member of Parliament
Mrs. : Mistress
N.B. : (note Bene) Note well
Neg. : Negative
O. : Oxygen
Oct. : October
Opp. : Opposite
Cm. : Centimeters
Cal. : Colonel
C/o : Care of
D/o : Daughter of
Dft. : Draft
D.S.P. : Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Dis. : Discount
D.L.O : Dead Letter Office
Dpt. : Department
Eso. e. : Errors and omissions Excepted
Esp. : Especially
Etc. : (Et Cetera) and the other
F. : Fahrenheit
Fem. : Feminine F.O.R. Fee on Rail.
G. : Gram
G.P.O. : General Post Office
H, Hr. : Hour
H.Q. : Head Quarters
I.E. : (I d est.) That is
Int. : Interest
Junc. : Junction
Kg. : Kilogram
Kl. : Kiloliter
Lab. : Laboratory
Lt. : Lieutenant
Lt. Gov. : Lieutenant Governor
M.B. : Bachelor of Medicine
M/S : Messrs
Misc. : Miscellaneous
M.A. : Master of Arts
M.O. : 1. - Money order. 2. - Medical Officer
Mr. : Mister
M.P.H. : Miles per hour
No. : (Number) in number numerical order
Nov. : November
Obj. : Object
O.k. : (okeh) All Correct.
Oz. : Ounce
P.C. : Post Card
Ph.D. : Doctor of Philosophy
Pm. : Premium
P.O. : Post Office
P.T. : Physical Training
P.T.O. : Please turn over
Q. : Question
Qt. : Quantity
Re. : Rupee
Retd. : Retired
R.S.V.P. : (Respon dex sil vous plait)
Reply, if you Please
S/o : Son of
Sec. : Secondary
Sept. : September
St. : 1- Street 2- Saint
T.B. : Tuberculosis
Tel. : Telephone/ Telegraph
T.o. : Turn Over/ Telephone Operator
T.V. : Television
U.S.S.R. : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
U.D.C. : Upper Division Clerk
U.P. : Uttar Pradesh
Vid. : (vide) see
V.P. : Vice- president
V.P.P. : Value payable Parcel
Q.M.S. : Quick Male Service
Wed. : Wednesday
W/o : Wife of
W.H.O. : World heath organization
Xm. : (x’mas) Christmas
Zn. : Zinc
P.C. : (Per cent) b the hundred
Pu. : Plural
P.M. : 1- prime minister 2- post meridiam( after noon)
Pt. : Pandit , point
P.W.D. : Public works Department
Qr. : Quarter
Rd. : Road
Ref. : Reference
Rs. : Rupees
s. : South
Sat. : Saturday
Sec. : Second
Sig. : Signature
Sing. : Singular
Sub. : Subject
Tech. : Technical
Tele : Telephone
Tr. : Transfer
U.S.A. : United States of America
U.S. : Uranium
U.K. : United Kingdom
V.S. : (Videlicet) Namely
V.I.P. : Very Important Person
V.I.Q. : Very Important Question
W. : West
W.F. : Wrong form
Wt. : Weight
X. : Numeral for ten
Yr. : Year
& : And
’ll : Will
’ll : Shall
Bk. : Book
Red’g : Reading
Cd. : Could
Lib. : Laboratory
Soc. : Society
Std. : Standard
Shd. : Should
Esp. : Especially
Org’sn : Organization
Fig. : Figure
Pt. : Point
Hon. : Honorable
