The Guide - Helpful Abbreviations
Automotive
AC - Air Conditioning AM/FM/Cass. - Radio and Cassette Player AM/FM/CD - Radio and CD Player
AT - automatic AWD - all whl. drive blk. - black
CC - cruise control carb. - carburetor cond. - condition
cyl. - cylinder dbl. - double eng. - engine
exc. - excellent ext. - extended cab HB - hatchback
HT - hardtop Insp. - inspected int. - interior
lthr. - leather mi. - mile mpg - mile per gallon
OBO - or best offer orig. - original PB - power brakes
PL - power locks (PL/W locks & windows) PS - power steering PU - pickup
PW - power windows spd - speed (i.e. 4-spd. trans.) SW - station wagon
TSW - tilt steering wheel trans. - transmission WD - wheel drive (i.r. 4-WD)
whls. - wheels K - thousand
 
Miscellaneous
cond. - condition cu. in. - cubic inch ct. - carat (gems)
exc. - excellent exp. - experience equip. - equipment
eves. - evenings FT - full-time gd. - good (ie. gd. cond.)
HD - heavy duty HP - horsepower Hrs. - hours
Ltd. Ed. - limited edition info. - information gal. - gallon
loc. - located lv. - leave (i.e. lv. msg.) msg. - message (i.e. lv. msg.)
mph - miles per hour nego. - negotiable orig. - original
pc. - piece pd. - paid pkg. - package
PT - part-time sep. - separately wkdy. - weekday
wknd. - weekend wkly. - weekly W/S - windshield
Wt. - watt w/ - with w/o - without
Boats
alum. - aluminum DF - depth finder fbgls. - fiberglass
FF - fish finder galv. - galvanized gal. - gallon
HP - horsepower hr. or hrs. - hour or hours I/O - inboard
K - thousands (dollars or miles) Merc. - Mercury MerC. - MerCruiser.
SS - Stainless Steel PT/T - power tilt & trim trlr. - trailer
Pets/Livestock
AKC - Amer. Kennel Club AQHA - American QH Assoc approx. - approximately
Assoc. - Association avg. - average blk. - black
brw. - brown choc. - chocolate dep. - deposit
Dobie - Doberman Pinscher ea. - each Eng. - English
F - female geld. or G - gelding guar. - guarantee
H - hands immed. - immediately info. - information
lb. or lbs. - pound or pounds Lab - Labrador lg. - large
M - male M - mare Min Pin - Miniature Pinscher
Pal. - Palomino Perch. - Percheron purebred - one word
Pom. - Pomeranian QH - Quarter horse ref. or refs. - reference(s)
reg. - registered SB - saddlebred sm. - small
STB - Standardbred TB - Thoroughbred WB - Warmblood
West. - Western YO - year old
 
Real Estate
AC - air conditioner ac. - acre appl. - application
appls. - appliances approx. - approximately apt. - apartment
Assoc. - association avail. - available ave. - avenue
bldg. - building BA - bath: i.e. 2BA BR - bedroom: i.e. 2BR
bsmt. - basement btwn. - between CAC - central air conditioning
compl. - complete cond. - condition condo. - condominium
dbl. - double dep. - deposit DR - dining room
D/W - dishwasher DW - double wide eff. - efficiency
elec. - electric ext. - exterior fla. rm. - Florida room
flr. - floor FP - fireplace FR - family room
FSBO - for sale by owner furn. - furniture gar. - garage
incl. - includes or including immed. - immediate info. - information
ins. - insurance insp. - inspected int. - interior
kit. - kitchen LR - living room MBA - master bathroom
MBR - master bedroom min. - minute misc. - miscellaneous
mo. - month msg. - message nego. - negotiable
nr. - near OBO - or best offer priv. - private or privileges
req. - required sec. - security sys. - system
SW - singlewide TH - townhouse TW - triple wide
wkly. - weekly yrly. - yearly