STANDARDIZED ABBREVIATIONS

Table D.18 lists some of the standard abbreviations used when building object names. These abbreviations are examples that you can use as is, or modify and extend as your needs require.

Table D.18. Standardized Object Name Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
Acct Account
Actg Accounting
Addr Address
Admin Administration
Agmt Agreement
Amt Amount
Anal Analysis
Apvd Approved
Arch Archive
Arvl Arrival
Asst Assist(ant)
Atty Attorney
Auth Authorized
Avg Average
Beg Beginning
Bilg Billing
Bldg Building
Busn Business
Char Character
Comm Comment
Cont Contact
Corp Corporate, corporation
Ctrl Control
Ctry Country
Cnty County
Curr Current
Cur Currency
Cust Customer
Dept Department
Desc Description
Det Detail, details
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