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| Language |
| Abbreviations |
| Business |
| (Citroën) 2CV |
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Deux Chevaux Vapeur (2 horsepower – literally 'two steam horses') |
| 3M |
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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (Company) |
| A&M |
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Alpert and Moss |
| AEI |
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Associated Electrical Industries (acquired by GEC in 1967) |
| AGA |
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Aktiebogelet Gas Accumulator |
| AIG |
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American International Group |
| B&Q |
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Block & Quayle |
| BARB |
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Broadcasters' Audience Research Bureau |
| BASF |
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Badische Anilin– und Soda–Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory) |
| BEA |
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British European Airways |
| BMW |
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Bavarian Motor Works (Bayerische Motoren Werke) |
| BOAC |
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British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| BOC |
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British Oxygen Company |
| BSA |
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Birmingham Small Arms |
| BUPA |
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British United Provident Association |
| C&A |
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Clemens and August |
| CBS |
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Columbia Broadcasting System |
| DKNY |
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Donna Karan New York |
| EDF |
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Électricité de France |
| ELC |
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Early Learning Centre |
| EMI |
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Electric and Musical Industries |
| Esso |
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Standard Oil (SO) |
| FAANG |
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Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google |
| F&F (Tesco) |
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Florence and Fred (own–label clothing range)
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| FCUK |
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French Connection United Kingdom |
| FHM |
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For Him Magazine |
| FIAT |
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Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino |
| GEC |
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General Electric Company (broken up in 1999) |
| GKN |
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Guest, Keen and Nettlefold |
| GQ |
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Gentlemen's Quarterly |
| GSK |
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GlaxoSmithKline |
| HSBC |
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| IBM |
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International Business Machines |
| ICI |
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Imperial Chemical Industries |
| Intel |
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Integrated Electronics
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| ING |
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Internationale Nederlanden Groep (International Netherlands Group) |
| JCB |
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Joseph Cyril Bamford |
| KLM |
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Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airline) |
| KPMG |
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Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
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| Lexus |
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Luxury EXport United States |
| LONRHO |
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LONdon and RHOdesian (Mining and Land Company) |
| MG |
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Morris Garages |
| ODEON |
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Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation (probably in truth a "backronym") |
| P&O |
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Peninsular & Oriental (Steamship Company) |
| PWC |
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Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| Q8 |
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Kuwait |
| QANTAS |
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Queensland And Northern Territory Air Services |
| RCA |
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Radio Corporation of America |
| RKO |
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Radio Keith Orpheum |
| SAGA |
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Society for Appreciation of the Golden Age |
| TWA |
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Trans World Airlines |
| USP |
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Unique Selling Point |
| WD–40 |
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Water Displacement – 40th attempt |
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