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Posted on 10 April 2023 Category : Abbreviations

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The following are the list of abbreviations commonly used in business. These abbreviations include abbreviations used in Export, abbreviations in Import, list of antonyms in shipping trade, abbreviations used in freight forwarding business and commonly used terms in customs brokering. Popularly used abbreviations in banking, commonly using tax abbreviations and other list of generally used business terms are also included in this article. If you would like to add up more abbreviations to this article which is commonly used in your region, you may write at bottom of this article. Please make sure, you are adding only ‘commonly using abbreviations’ in business, as this category is meant for import and export.

O. P. Open Policy (Insurance)
O. R. Owner’s Risk
o.a. Over All
O.R.D-Owner's Risk of Damage
O.R-Owner's Risk
O.S.D. report Over, Short and Damage Report
O.S.P. One Safe Port
O/A On Account of
O/C Open Cover/Open Charter/Over Charge
O/D On Demand (or) Overdrawn
O/H-Over Height Container
O/O Order Of
O/R Owner's Risk

O/S--Outstanding
O/T Old Terms
O/T Overtime
O/W-Overwidth
OA Over Aged
OAA--Other adjustments account
OAR--Operations assistance request
OAR--Overall rate of return
OAS Organization of American States
OASDHI--Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance
OASDI--Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
OASI--Old Age Survivors Insurance
OAU Organisation of African Unity
OBCs - Other Backward Classes
OBE - Off- Balance Sheet Exposures
OBL Ocean Bill of Lading
OBL-Original Bill of Lading
OBO Oil Bulk Ore
OBO Ore/Bulk/Oil Vessel

OBO's Oil/Bulk/Ore carriers
OBRA--Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Bill of 1993
OC Opportunity Cost
OCBOA--Other comprehensive basis of accounting
OCC--Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OCCP--Offshore Credit Card Program
OCF--Operating cash flow
OCN Out-of-charge note
OCONUS--Outside the continental United States
OCP--Overland common point
OCR Ordinary capital resources (of the Asian Development Bank).
OCR--Overall capitalization rate
OD - Overdraft
ODA Official Development Assistance
ODAE--Other directly allocable expenses
ODCF--Owner's discretionary cash flow
ODC--Oral disclosure consent
ODCY---Off Dock Container Yard
ODF—Open document format
ODI - Offshore Derivative Instruments
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
OEEC Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
OEM - original equipment manufacturer
OEM---Original Equipment Manufacturing
OE--Offer examiner
OER--Owner's equivalent rent
OFDA Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance.
OFI Other Financial Institutions
OFL--Overall foreign loss
OFT Office of Fair Trading
OGL Open General Licence
OIAE--Other indirectly allocable expenses
OIBITDA--Operating income before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
OIC-DATL--Offer-in-compromise-doubt as to liability
OIC--Offer-in-compromise
OID--Original issue discount
OIE - Office International des Epizooties
OILREC OIL RECovery
OI--Operating income

OI--Other investigation
OIS--Overnight Index Swaps
OJ Official Journal of the EU
OJEC Official Journal of the European Communities
OJT--On-the-job training
OLAF Office européen de lutte antifraude, EU Anti-fraud authority
OLTAS - Online Tax Accounting System
OMA - orderly marketing arrangement
OMB--Office of Management and Budget
OMO - Open Market Operation
OMS - Open Market Sales
on Official number
ONW ONWards
OO Owners Option
OOG-Out of Gauge
O--Organization
OP - Organophosphates
OP Open or floating cargo insurance policy
OP OPerator
OPA 90 The US Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OPA -Oil Pollution Act (USA 1990)
OPA--Online payment agreement
OPB Operative Performance Bond
OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEX Operational Expenditures
OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OP---Open Policy
OP--Order point
OPR Outward Processing Relief
OPR--Office of Professional Responsibility
ORD Order
OR--Operations research
OS -Ordinary Seaman
OSBDU--Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
OSDC--Over/Short/Damage/Claims
OSH Open Shelter Deck
OSI Open Systems Interconnection (Computer Standards)
OSMOS - Off-Site Monitoring and Surveillance
OS--Offer specialist
OSS--Open source software
OT Open Top shipping container
OT On Truck
OTA--Office of Tax Analysis
OTAR Overseas Tariffs And Regulations
OTB--Open to buy
OTC – Over-The-Counter (trade of stocks or other derivatives directly between two persons)
OTF -Tanker Familiarization- Oil Tankers
OTHC Origin Terminal Handling Charge
OTIA--Oral tax information authorization
OTMS - Over Thirty Months (Slaughter) Scheme
OTR--Over the road
OTS--Office of Thrift Supervision
OTS - One-Time Settlement

OTSA--Office of Tax Shelter Analysis
OVCI--Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative
OVDI--Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
OVDP--Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
OVERBOARD Over the side or out of the ship
OVS - Official Veterinary Surgeon
OWS Owners

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The above are the list of abbreviations commonly used in business. These abbreviations include abbreviations used in Export, abbreviations in Import, list of abbreviations in shipping trade, expansions used in freight forwarding business and commonly used terms in customs brokering. Popularly used abbreviations in banking, commonly using tax abbreviations and other list of generally used business terms are also included in this article. If you would like to add up more abbreviations commonly used in your region, you may write such enlargements below. Please make sure, you are adding only ‘commonly using abbreviations’ in business, as this category is dealt with international trade.

The above information is a part of Export Import Training online

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