CPA

See also: cPa, cpa, and ćpa

English

Noun

CPA (countable and uncountable, plural CPAs)

1. (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
   • 2022 May 11, Jeanne Sahadi, “Here’s what to do if you have a loss on an investment”, in CNN Business‎:

     The wash-sale rule prohibits you from buying the same stock or security 30 days before or after your loss-sale date, said Virginia-based CPA and CFP Mike Powers.

2. (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
3. (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
4. (chemistry) Abbreviation 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. (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
9. (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
10. (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
11. (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
12. (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
14. (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.

    Meronym: LPA

15. (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.

Proper noun

CPA

1. Initialism of Consumer Protection Association.

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

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.pe.a/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

CPA m (plural CPAs)

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