s.a.

s.a.
1. semiannual.
2. sex appeal.
3. without year or date. [ < L sine anno]
4. subject to approval.

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s.a.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. semiannual.
2. subject to approval.
3. undated (Latin, sine anno, without a year).
4. under the year (Latin, sub anno).
SA (no periods),
1. seaman apprentice.
2. storm troops (German, Sturmabteilung).
3. surface-to-air.
S.A.,
an abbreviation for the following:
1. corporation (for French Société Anonyme, Spanish Sociedad Anónima, Italian Società Anonima, etc.)
2. Salvation Army.
3. a) Saudi Arabia. b) Saudi Arabian.
4. Seventh Avenue.
5. a) South Africa. b) South African.
6. a) South America. b) South American.
7. a) South Australia. b) South Australian.
8. storm troops (German, Sturmabteilung).

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abbr.
semiannual
sex appeal
without year or date
Origin:
from Latin sine anno
subject to approval

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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