CMA

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See also: cma, ćma, ćmą, C.M.A., and CMa

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CMA (countable and uncountable, plural CMAs)

  1. (US, military) Abbreviation of comma, used in communication systems without punctuation marks (e.g., telegrams).
    • 1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304:
      ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...
  2. (Canada, countable) Initialism of certified management accountant.
  3. (UK, countable) Initialism of computer-marked assignment (that uses scan sheets)
  4. (uncountable) Abbreviation of calcium magnesium acetate.

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CMA

  1. Initialism of Consumer and Markets Authority.
  2. (UK politics) Initialism of Competition and Markets Authority.
    • 2023 April 27, Nils Pratley, “Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Indeed, the more common complaint is that the regulator is too willing to accept an acquirer’s proposed remedies to competition concerns. Microsoft tried the remedy route with Activision but the CMA, unusually, wasn’t convinced. Tough.
  3. (music) Initialism of Country Music Association Awards.

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