Ntc's Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations (National Textbook Language Dictionaries) - Hardcover

Kleinedler, Steven Racek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0844251607 ISBN 13: 9780844251608

Publisher: Natl Textbook Co Trade, 1992

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Book by Kleinedler, Steven Racek, Spears, Richard A.

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This handy guide to approximately 2,100 acronyms, initialisms, blends, clippings, and abbreviations was originally published in 1993. The differences among these terms are defined in a brief introduction. This work provides a selection of "shortened forms" one is most likely to encounter in newspapers, directions, instructions, and on packaging, as well as acronyms for major governmental organizations.

Entries include the shortened form in boldface type; the word or words for which the entry stands; usually, one of the words initialism, acronym, blend, or clipping (to indicate whether the entry is pronounced by sounding out its letters one by one, for an initialism, or as a whole word, for the others); a definition or explanation of the entry; and a usage example. Some entries include cross-references and/or derivations.

This work is quite manageable and helpful. It will not identify thousands of terms like Gale's Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary, nor is it meant to. What it does well is to clarify meanings of common shortened forms through examples and alternate forms (e.g., FT can mean free throw or full-time). It will prove a useful and practical addition to most libraries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Natl Textbook Co Trade
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0844251607
• ISBN 13: 9780844251608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 311
• Editor: Spears Richard A.