CPA

CPA

See also: cPa, cpa, and ćpa

English

Noun

CPA (countable and uncountable, plural CPAs)

1. (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
2. (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
3. (accounting) Abbreviation of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
4. (chemistry) Initialism of copolymer alloy.
5. (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
6. (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
7. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
8. (Semitistics) Abbreviation of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
9. (cybersecurity) Abbreviation of correlation power analysis.
10. (cybersecurity) Abbreviation of chosen-plaintext attack.
11. (advertising) Abbreviation of cost per action.
12. (metascience) Abbreviation of co-citation proximity analysis.

Related terms

• (accountant): CA, CMA, CGA

Translations

certified public accountant

Chinese: Mandarin: 註冊公共會計師／注册公共会计师 (zhùcè gōnggòng kuàijìshī) Finnish: KHT

chartered professional accountant

French: CPA (fr) (literally “comptable professionnel agréé”)

Anagrams

• ACP, APC, CAP, Cap, PAC, PAc, PCA, Pac, Pac., cap

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.pe.a/

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Noun

CPA m (plural CPAs)

1. (Canada, accounting) CPA; Initialism of comptable professionnel agréé (“chartered professional accountant”).