ABC

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Initialism 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Initialism

ABC

1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2. American Broadcasting Company
3. (Japan) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
4. Alcoholic Beverage Control
5. (of chewing gum) Already been chewed
6. (Business Management) Activity-Based Costing
7. American-born Chinese
8. African Basketball Confederation
9. ABC (B), a Belgian car market
10. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
11. Aural brevity code
12. (military) Atomic, Biological and Chemical
13. American Book Center
14. ABC ( Brazil ) An acrostic for Saint Andre, Saint Bernardo and Saint Caetano, satellite cities around Sao Paulo City , a very important industrial area.
15. anything but Chardonnay

[edit] Etymology

The first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

ABC (plural ABCs)

1. (US also ABCs) (uncountable) The alphabet.

   Do you know your ABCs?

2. (obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
3. The rudiments of any subject.

   the ABC of finance

[edit] Synonyms

• (alphabet): absey
• (rudiments): basics, fundamentals

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• ABC book