IAS

See also: ias

English

Proper noun

IAS

1. Initialism of Indian Administrative Service.
2. Initialism of International Association of Sedimentologists.

Noun

IAS (plural IASs)

1. (aviation) Initialism of indicated airspeed.
2. Initialism of Institute for Advanced Study or Institute of Advanced StudiesStudies.
3. Initialism of international accounting standard.
   • 1996, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing & Taxation, page 91:

     Instead, its members agree to use their best endeavors:
     1. To ensure that published financial statements comply with IASs in all material respects...;

   • 1998, International Accounting and Reporting Issues: 1996 Review: Environmental Accounting, United Nations, page 69:

     This section looks at past surveys of compliance with international accounting standards. It is important here to distinguish between de jure conformity (of the rules of the country with IASs) and de facto compliance (of the financial reporting of a particular company with IASs).

   • 2004, Christopher Nobes, Developments in the International Harmonization of Accounting, Edward Elgar, page 150:

     IOSCO refused to endorse all the revised IASs for cross-border securities listings.

Derived terms

• KIAS

Phrase

IAS

1. (aviation, travel) Initialism of insert after segment; GDS code, and used on older types of airline keyboards.

Anagrams

• ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, is-a, sia, Ais, Sia, sai, Isa, SIA, A.I.s, ASI, AIs, Isa., A. S. I., ISA