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The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary lists not only terms commonly appearing in newspaper ads, but also those that are useful in understanding business documents, deciphering college study material, scanning personal ads, or surfing the Internet. A practical reference material, it includes abbreviations and meanings useful for Americans in multitude of situations. Spanning a wide range of subjects, this handy and revised volume now includes almost 20, 000 terms.
With numerous entries ranging from LSU (Louisiana State University) to CAR (Carolina Panthers), it covers abbreviations that are emerging the world over and continues to enrich the English vocabulary. Also included in this volume are:
Acronyms
Blends
Clippings
Foreign words
Initialisms
Numerical
Truncations
The key features include:
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary offers over 19,000 terms.
Multi-dictionary engine for all version 2.0 dictionaries that offers you to access multiple dictionaries from one application.
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With over 1,900 new terms and meanings, including acronyms and abbreviations.