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CBA en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of collective bargaining agreement.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of cost-benefit analysis.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of currency board arrangement.
  4. (Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of classroom-based assessment.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:Australian rules football, uncountable) Initialism of centre bounce attendance.

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Source: en.wiktionary, “CBA” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

CBA en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of County Bar Association.
  2. (Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Consumer Brands Association.
    • The memo did not contain an explicit commitment to remove all artificial dyes by the end of 2026, as Kennedy called for on Tuesday, but the proposal said CBA members were committed to "supporting agency actions." 2025 April 22, Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, Will McDuffie, and Mary Kekatos, “RFK Jr. unveils plan to phase out 8 artificial food dyes in the US”, in ABC News:
Source: en.wiktionary, “CBA” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

CBA en · X

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, vulgar) Initialism of can't be arsed.
    • Each to their own eh Paul? Personally I like WS-FTP TEST version with just the two windows, and more importantly I CBA transferring over all the sites to anything new :o) 1996 April 23, Derek James, “Re: Internet Software”, in demon.ip.support.win95 (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2016, message-ID <317d2ceb.4692859@news.demon.co.uk>:
    • And I've seen many examples of abysmal wordwrapping... Me, I CBA changing it, and you really need initials to be used all the time to work properly, else stuff gets mis-attributed. 1996 April 21, Kieron, “Re: olrs and message form”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2016, message-ID <Dq8E6q.JwB@spuddy.mew.co.uk>:
  2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang) Initialism of can't be asked.

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