SME

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SME

  1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Suriname.
    Synonym: SUR (for general use)

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This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Suriname is SUR.

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SME (plural SMEs)

  1. (business) Initialism of small and medium-sized enterprise or small- to medium-sized enterprise.
    Synonym: SMB
    • 2023 December 7, Bella Webb, “Finally, The EU Is Banning Fashion’s Dirty Secret: Destroying Unsold Goods”, in British Vogue[1], archived from the original on 2023-12-16:
      The ban on destroying unsold goods will be among the longer lead times: large businesses have two years to comply, and SMEs have been granted up to six years.
  2. Initialism of subject matter expert.

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SME

  1. Initialism of Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

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