Abbreviations Used in Accounting Materials – Accounting Services – Purdue University

Abbreviation
Description

– A –

A/P
Administrative/Professional

A/R
Accounts Receivable

A.P.S.
Animal And Plant Sales

ABACCR
Absences Accrual – (As In Compensated Absences Accrual)

ABATE
Abatement

ABS
Absences – As In Compensated Absences

AC
Air Conditioner

ACAD
Academic

ACCID
Accident

ACCR
Accrued

ACCT.
Accounting

ACT
Activity

ADD’L
Additional

ADJ
Adjustment

ADM
Administrative Charges

ADMIN
Administrative

ADMIS
Admission

ADT
Auditing

AES
Agriculture Extension Service

AFD
Allowance For Depreciation

AFF
Available Funds File

AFFRS
Affairs

AG
Agriculture

AGR.
Agriculture/Agreement

AID
Agency For International Development

ALL./ALLOW
Allowance

AM
American

AMS
Agricultural Marketing Service

AN
Animal

ANAL
Analysis

APC/APD
Amended Payroll Certification/Distribution

APPROP
Appropriations

ARA
Administrative Report Access

ARP
Ag Research Programs

ARS
Agricultural Research Service

ART
Artists

AS
Accounting Services

ASM
Aerospace Structural Metals

ASMH
Aerospace Structural Metals Handbook

ASS
Association

ASST./AST
Assistants

ATM
Automatic Teller Machine

AUX
Auxiliary

AV
Audio Visual

 

– B –

B & C
Bonds And Coupons

BA
Bank Adjustments

BAL
Balance

BAL SH
Balance Sheet

BC or B/C
Budgetary Control

BCDF
Budgetary Control Document File

BCHM
Biochemistry

BEN/BENF
Benefit(s)

BILL
Billiards

BLDG
Building

BO
Business Office

BOWL
Bowling

BSG
Building, Services and Grounds

BUDG
Budgeted

BUILD
Building

BUS./BSN
Business

 

– C –

C+MV
Cost Plus Market Value

C/S
Cost Sharing

CAP.
Capital

CAR
Centralized Accounts Receivable

CARR.
Carriers

CD
Certificates Of Deposits

CEA
Continuing Education Administration

CERT.
Certificate

CES
Co-Operative Extension Service

C&FS
Consumer & Family Sciences

CFAH
Composites Failure Analysis Handbook

CH/CHG/CHRG
Charge

CHANC
Chancellor

CHEM
Chemical

CIS
Center For Instructional Services

CLER.
Clerical

CLS
Class

CMS
Central Machine Shop

CNTR
Center

CO
Company

COMM.
Commercial

COMP
Compensation/Compensated

COMPL
Complement

CONF
Conference

CONSTR
Construction

CONT./CONTIN
Continuous/Continuing

CONTR.
Contractual/Contributed/Construction

CONVO
Convocations

COPA
Cost Of Program Allowance

CRC
Cash Receipts Clearing

CSRS
Co-Operative State Research Service

CS
Central Stores

CTL
Control

CTR
Center

CULT.
Cultural

CUR
Current

CURR
Currency

 

– D –

DAN
Dance

DCC
Day Care Center

DEC
Decorations

DED
Deduction

DEHYD
Dehydration

DEL
Delicious

DEP
Deposit / Dependent

DEPR
Depreciation

DEPT
Department

DEV.
Development

DEVELOP
Development

DHHS
Department Of Health And Human Services

DIAGNOS
Diagnosis

DISC
Discount

DISP
Disposable

DISTR
Distribution

DOD
Department Of Defense

DOE
Department Of Energy

DOI
Department Of Interior

DOS
Dean Of Students

DOT
Department Of Transportation

DOUBT.
Doubtful

DREF
Departmental Reference Code

DTDH
Damage Tolerant Design Handbook

DUP/DUPL
Duplication

DUPLIC
Duplication

 

– E –

EC
Entry Code

ED
Education

EDF
Encumbrance Document File

EE
Employee

EM
Electron Microscope

EMBRAPA
National Agriculture Research Affairs

ENC
Encumbrance

ENDOW/END
Endowment

ENG/ENGR
Engineer/Engineering

ENS
Ensemble

ENT/ENTER
Enterprises

ENTER
Enterprises

ENVIR.
Environmental

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

EQ/EQP/EQUIP
Equipment

EQT
Equipment

ER
Employer

EXCH
Exchange

EXH
Exhibit

EXP/EX
Expense

EXT
External / Extension

 

– F –

F&A
Facilities and Administrative costs (previously called Indirect Costs or overhead)

FABR
Fabrication

FAC
Faculty / Facilities

FAST
Fastening

FBU
Fringe Benefits – University

FD
Fund

FED
Federal

FELL.
Fellowships

FEST
Festival

FIAA
Financial Information Account Attribute

FIN/FINAN
Financial

FLOC
Fund Location

FMIS
Financial Management Information System

FNC
Functional

(FOR)
Foreign

FRIN/FR
Fringe

FS
Food Service

FSI
Food Stores Issues

FTBALL
Football

FUNCT
Functions

FURN
Furniture

FW
Fort Wayne

 

– G –

GEN./GENRL
General

GL or G/L
General Ledger

GOVT
Government

GRAD
Graduate

GSF
General Service Fee

 

– H –

HAPPEN.
Happening

HFS
Housing And Food Service

HLMC
Hall Of Music

HMO
Health Maintenance Organization

HOSP
Hospital

HPTLTY
Hospitality

HRS
Hours

HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

 

– I –

I B
Incidental Billing

I-U
Inter-Unit/ Indiana University

IDC
Indirect Cost

INC/INCO
Income

IND
Indiana

INFO
Information

INS
Insurance

INSP.
Inspiration

INST/INSTR
Instruction

INT
Internal / Interest

INT’L
International

INTRNTNL
International

INVEST
Investment

IPIA
International Programs In Agriculture

IPS
International Parcel Service

 

– J –

JEOL
Jeol Scope

JTRP
Joint Transportation Research Project

 

– K –

K-REG.
Kitchen Regular

K-STUD.
Kitchen Student

 

– L –

LA
Lower Arena

LAF
Lafayette

LARS
Laboratory For Applications Of Remote Sensing

LB1
Lockbox 1

LECT.
Lecture

LIAB
Liability

LIC
License

LIM
Limit

LT
Long Term

LTD
Life To Date/Long Term Disability

LTFS
Long Term Field Staff

LUBR
Lubricants

 

– M –

M.A.I.L.
Local Mailing Service

MACH
Machine

MAINT
Maintenance

MARR
Married

MAT/MATL
Material

MED
Medical/Medicine

MEM
Memorial

MERCH.
Merchandise

MFG
Manufacturing

MGMT
Management

MI
Medical Illustrations

MISC
Miscellaneous

MMAD
Materials Management Distribution

MN
Merchants National

MSH
Married Student Housing

MSO
Mechanical Systems Operations

 

– N –

NAT
National

NASA
National Aeronautical Space Administration

NBE
Not Budgeted Elsewhere

NO F&A
Not chargeable for F&A (see F&A)

NCENTRAL
North Central

NEWSLET
Newsletter

NON RES
Non Resident

NON-RFNDBLE
Non-Refundable

NSF
National Science Foundation

 

– O –

OBL
Obligations

OCGBA
Office of Contract and GrantBusiness Affairs

OFC
Office

O/H
Overhead

OP&TECH
Operational And Technical

OPER
Operations

ORG
Organization

OSP
Other Sponsored Programs

OSHA
Occupational Safety & Health Admin.

OTH
Other

 

– P –

P P
Physical Plant / Plant Pathology

PAI
Personal Accident Insurance

PAP
Paper

PAR
Professional Activity Report

PARK
Parking

PAV
Pavement

PDC
Payroll Distribution Charge

PEP
Purdue Enrichment Program

PERF
Public Employees Retirement Fund

PERS
Personal

PF
Physical Facilities

PHAR/PHARM
Pharmacy

PHY PL
Physical Plant

PL
Parking Lots

PLT
Plant

PLUMB
Plumbing

PMT
Payment

PMU
Purdue Memorial Union

PO
Purchase Order

POS
Position

PREM
Premium

PREP.
Preparation

PRES
President

PREVENT.
Preventive

PRF
Purdue Research Foundation

PRNT
Printing

PROC.
Process/Procedure

PROD/-P
Production

PROF.
Professional

PROG
Program

PROJ
Project

PROP
Property

PST
Purdue Statewide Technology

PSU
Purdue Student Union

PU
Purdue University

PUBS
Publications

PUCC
Purdue University Computing Center

 

– Q –

 

  

– R –

RC
Regional Campus

RCHG/RECH
Recharge

RCPT
Reception

REC
Receivable

RECR
Recreation

RECV
Recovery

REFERRA
Referral

REFRIG
Refrigerator

REFUN
Refund

REG
Regular

REGIST
Registration

REGULAT
Regulatory

REHAB
Rehabilitation

REINV
Reinvestment

REM
Radiological And Environmental Management

REM.
Remit

REN
Renewal

RENOV
Renovations

REP
Repair

REPL/R
Replacement

RES
Research/Reserve/Resident

RESFOR
Reserve For

REST
Restricted

RESURF
Resurfacing

RET
Retirement

REV
Revenue

REVIS
Revision

RHI
Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Mgmt.

RM&ML
Room And Meals

 

– S –

S & E
Supplies And Expense

S & W
Salaries And Wages

SAH
Structural Alloys Handbook

SAL.
Salaries

SALV.
Salvage

SANIT.
Sanitation

SCH
School

SCHEDUL./SCHED
Schedule

SCI
Scientific

SEB
State Egg Board

SECT
Sectioning

SEP
Separately

SER/SERV
Service

SFO
Supervised Flight Operations

SH
Sheet

SHAR
Share/Sharing

SINGL
Single

SOC
Societies

SP
Sponsored

SPEC.
Specialized

SPON
Sponsored

SS
Social Security

SSF
Specialized Service Facilities

ST
Student/State/Short Term

STA
Station

STFS
Short Term Field Staff

STFUNCT
Student Functions

STU/STUD/STDT
Student

SUBJ
Subject

SUM
Summer

SUP /SUPP
Supplies

SURG/SUR
Surgery

SVC
Services

SYS
System

 

– T –

TCKT/TI
Tickets

TECH
Technology

TELECOM
Telecommunications

TEMP
Temporary

TERM.
Terminal

TIF
Temporary Investment Fund

TOURN
Tournament

TP
Ticket Price

TPA
Third Party Administrator

TRANSC
Transcripts

TRANSF.
Transfers

TRANSP./TRANS
Transportation

TRAV/TRA
Travel

TREAS/TR
Treasurer

TRVL
Travel

 

– U –

UNAM
Unamortized

UNAMORT
Unamortized

UND.GRAD
Undergraduate

UNDIST.
Undistributed

UNEMP
Unemployment

UNIV
University

UNR
Unrestricted

UNRED.
Unredeemed

UNREST.
Unrestricted

UPS
United Postal Service

US
United States

US.R
United States Resident

USDA
United States Department Of Agriculture

UTIL
Utilities

 

– V –

VCS
Voluntary Cost Sharing

VEH
Vehicle

VEND
Vending

VENT
Ventilation

VET
Veterinary

VIS
Visitor

VIT
Vitamin

VP
Vice President

VTE
Vocational Technical Education

 

– W –

WITH
Withholding

WIP
Work In Process (Physical Plant)

WL
West Lafayette

WS
Work Study

 

– X –

 

– Y –

YTD
Year To Date

 

– Z –