Acronyms are commonly used by real estate professionals. This glossary unveils the respective meanings of approximately 1.150 "mysterious" acronyms related to real estate financing, valuation, brokerage, town and city planning, regional development as well as major organizations, authorities and associations. I'm presenting an "American" glossary. - I hope my British colleagues are not annoyed with me ;-) Editor: Elmar Pfeiffer
| A rating |
single A rating |
| AA |
alternatives analysis |
| AA rating |
double A rating |
| AAA |
Agricultural Adjustment Administration; American Automobile Association |
| AAA rating |
triple A rating |
| AACCCM |
Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials |
| AACI |
Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute |
| AADT |
average annual daily traffic |
| AAES |
American Association of Engineering Societies |
| AAG |
Association of American Geographers |
| AAGS |
American Association for Geodetic Surveying |
| AAR |
Association of American Railroads; average annual return |
| AARLS |
Arkansas Association of Registered Land Surveyors |
| AASG |
American Association of State Geologists |
| AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials |
| AASPO |
American Association of Small Property Owners |
| AB |
air base |
| ABA |
American Bankers Association |
| ABAG |
Association of Bay Area Governments (California) |
| ABMC |
American Battle Monuments Commission |
| ABR |
accredited buyer representative |
| ABS |
asset-backed security |
| ABSM |
Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (Canada) |
| AC |
air conditioning; asphalt(ic) concrete; acre; aerospace center |
| ACA |
American Cartographic Association; American Conservation Association |
| ACCMP |
asphalt coated corrugated metal pipe |
| ACDDS |
Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System |
| ACE |
Assistant Construction Engineer |
| ACEC |
American Consulting Engineers Council |
| ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| ACI |
American Concrete Institute |
| ACLS |
Association of Canadian Lands Surveyors |
| ACMLA |
Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives |
| ACMS |
automated census mapping system |
| ACRE |
Association of Commercial Real Estate |
| ACRS |
accelerated cost recovery system |
| ACS |
Advanced Cartographic Systems; Agricultural Cooperative Service; American Community Survey |
| ACSM |
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping |
| ACSTTO |
Association of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario (Canada) |
| AD |
administrative division |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act (of 1990) |
| ADDA |
American Design Drafting Association |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ADC |
acquisition, development, and construction |
| ADC loan |
acquisition, development and construction loan |
| ADD |
Administration on Developmental Disabilities |
| ADI |
areas of dominant influence |
| ADOT |
Arizona Department of Transportation |
| ADOTPF |
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities |
| ADR |
American Depository Receipt; in der Hotelwirtschaft auch average daily rate |
| ADT |
average daily traffic; average daily trips |
| ADTT |
average daily truck traffic |
| ADW |
Agricultural drainage well |
| ADWR |
Arizona Department of Water Resources |
| AEC |
Architecture, engineering, construction |
| AEG |
Association of Engineering Geologists |
| AEI |
Aerial Exposure Index |
| AEP |
American Electric Power |
| AFA |
American Forestry Association; Automatic fire alarm |
| AFB |
Air Force base |
| AFD |
agreement for deed |
| AFDB |
African Development Bank |
| AFDF |
African Development Fund |
| AFIRE |
Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate |
| AFS |
Air Force station |
| AFSC |
Armed Forces Staff College |
| AFT |
American Farmland Trust |
| AGC |
Association of General Contractors; Associated General Contractors |
| AGI |
adjusted gross income |
| AGIC |
Alabama Geographic Information Council; Arizona Geographic Information Council |
| AGIO |
Arkansas Geographic Information Office |
| AGIS |
Automated Geographic Information System |
AGRICOLA |
Agricultural Online Access |
| AGS |
American Geographical Society; Alberta Geological Survey |
| AGSS |
American Geographical and Statistical Society |
| AHAB |
Affordable Housing Advisory Board |
| AH&LA |
American Hotel & Lodging Association |
| AHIC |
Affordable Housing Investors Council |
| AHP |
affordable housing program |
| AHS |
automated highway system |