English for Academic Purposes
Prof. Bauer-Ramazani

SYMBOL/ ABBREV.	Words/Phrases used in lectures	SYMBOL/ ABBREV.	Words/Phrases used in lectures
=	is (was), are (were), is equal to, is the same as	gov. (or gvt)	government
¹	is different from, unlike, is not equal to	mbr	member
&, +	and	dept	department
>	is greater than, is more than	co.	Company
<	is less than, is smaller than	Inc.	incorporated (= Ltd., limited, in Britain)
b/c	because, because of	mph	miles per hour
\	from this we can conclude, therefore	st.	Street
==>	lead to, result in, cause s.th. to happen, create, affect	P	price
<==	result from, be affected by, as a result of	S	supply
á	go up, increase, rise	D	demand
â	go down, decrease, drop, fall	Y	income
w/	with	π	profit
w/o	without	CEO	Chief Executive Officer
w/in	within	mgt	management
s.o., s.b.	someone, somebody (also: s.th.=something)	mgr	manager
ev.th.	everything	chge	change
th.s.	themselves; also h.s.= himself/herself	xchge	exchange
e.g.	for example, for instance (also: EX)	mkt	market
i.e.	that is, in other words	mktg	marketing
$	money, dollar (any currency)	mfr	manufacturer
%	percent, percentage	mfrg	manufacturing
@	at	stkhldr	stockholder
# (or no.)	number	mtg	meeting
/	per	mo/wk/yr/hr	month/week/year/hour

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