English for Academic Purposes
Prof. Bauer-Ramazani

SYMBOL/ ABBREV.	Words/Phrases used in lectures	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	so./no.	southern/northern
¹	is different from, unlike, is not equal to	rdg	mreading	E, W, S, N	(the) East, West, South, North
&, +	and	dept	department	am, pm	in the morning, in the afternoon
>	is greater than, is more than	co.	Company	M-F	Monday through Friday
<	is less than, is smaller than	Inc.	incorporated (= Ltd., limited, in Britain)	X	times (multiple)
b/c	because, because of	mph	miles per hour	int'l	international
\	from this we can conclude, therefore	st.	Street	/	per
==>	lead to, result in, cause s.th. to happen, create, affect	P	price	mo/wk/yr/hr	month/week/year/hour
<==	result from, be affected by, as a result of	spkg	speaking	bldg	building
á	go up, increase, rise	D	demand	mtg	meeting
â	go down, decrease, drop, fall	Q	question	# (or no.)	number
w/	with	π	profit	@	at
w/o	without	CEO	Chief Executive Officer	%	percent, percentage
w/in	within	gr	grammar	$	money, dollar (any currency)
e.g.	for example, for instance (also: EX)	mgr	manager	s.o., s.b.	someone, somebody (also: s.th.=something)
i.e.	that is, in other words	chge	change	ev.th.	everything
b/w	between	xchge	exchange	th.s.	themselves; also h.s.= himself/herself
'	foot	writ.	writing	list.	listening
"	inch(es)	ec.	economy, economic	ch.	chapter
mkt	market	mil (or M), bil (or B)	million, billion	vs.	versus, against
info	information	avg.	average	GPA	Grade Point Average

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