| OACES |
Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors |
| OBO |
or best offer |
| OCS |
Office of Cadastral Survey |
| ODNR |
Ohio Department of Natural Resources |
| ODOT |
Ohio Department of Transportation |
| ODP |
office development permit |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OEPA |
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency |
| OER |
operating expense ratio |
| OE & T |
operating expenses and taxes |
| O / F |
owner finance |
| OGIC |
Oregon Geographic Information Council |
| OGW |
Office of Ground Water |
| OGWP |
Office of Ground Water Protection |
| OHWM |
ordinary high water mark |
| OILSR |
Office of Interstate Land Sales Registration |
| OIRO |
offers in the region of |
| OL & T |
owner's, landlord's and tenant's liability insurance |
| OMV |
open market value |
| ORE |
owned real estate |
| OPR |
office of planning and research |
| ORR |
Office of Refugee Resettlement |
| OS |
Ordnance Survey (UK) |
| OSB |
oriented strand board; oriented structural board |
| OSDA |
Oregon State Department of Agriculture |
| OSLS |
Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors |
| OSM |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
| OSPE |
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers |
| OTS |
Office of Thrift Supervision |
| OW |
oil well |
| OWDC |
Office of Water Data Coordination |
| OWRD |
Oregon Water Resources Department |
| OWRR |
Office of Water Resources and Research |
| OWRT |
Office of Water Research and Technology |
| pa |
per annum |
| PACOG |
Pueblo Area Council of Governments |
| PAGIS |
Protected Area Geographic Information System (NOAA) |
| PAL |
prime agricultural land(s) |
| PAM |
pledged account mortgage |
| P&S |
purchase and sale |
| PASDA |
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access System |
| PASP |
Planning and Analysis Section |
| PBS |
public buildings service |
| PC |
planning commission |
| PCA |
Portland Cement Association |
| PCC |
Portland Cement Concrete |
| PCD |
planned commercial development |
| PCI |
Prestressed Concrete Institute |
| PCREF |
permanent commercial real estate financing |
| pc sum |
prime cost sum |
| PDC |
planning district commission |
| PDEP |
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Projection |
| PDR |
purchase of development rights |
| P / E ratio |
price-earnings ratio |
| P & E |
planning and engineering |
| PERT |
project evaluation and review technique |
| PF |
pension fund |
| PGI |
potential gross income |
| PGM |
permanent ground monument |
| PHA |
Public Housing Administration |
| PHA's |
public housing agencies |
| PIC |
public information center |
| PICCED |
Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development |
| PID |
planned industrial development |
| PIN |
parcel identification number |
| PITI |
principal interest taxes insurance |
| PL |
planning |
| PLAM |
price-level-adjusted mortgage |
| PLS |
Professional Land Surveyor |
| PLSC |
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado |
| PLSO |
Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon; Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio |
| PLSS |
public lands survey system |
| PMD |
planned manufacturing district |
| PMDT |
purchase money deed of trust |
| PME |
Pavement Management Engineer |
| PMI |
private mortgage insurance |
| PMM |
purchase-money mortgage |
| PMN |
predominantly minority neighborhood |
| PMS |
Pavement Management System |
| PMSA |
primary metropolitan statistical area |
| PO |
Park Overlay (Bedford County Zoning District) |
| POA |
power of attorney |
| POB |
point of beginning |
| PPCBR |
portable precast concrete barrier rRails |
| PPCP |
prestressed post-tensional concrete pavement |
| PPL |
populated place |
| PRD |
planned residential development |
| PSA |
Property Services Agency (UK) |
| PSAN |
Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska |
| PSD |
prevention of significant deterioration |
| PSF |
per square foot |
| PUD |
planned unit development |
| PSLS |
Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors |
| PSPE |
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers |
| PTBA |
Public Transportation Benefit Area |
| PTC |
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission |
| PTI |
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute |
| PUC |
Public Utility Commission |
| PUT |
property unit trust |
| PV |
present value |
| PW |
present worth |
| QQL |
quality of life |