CMA

plural CMAs

1. CanadaabbreviationcountableAbbreviation of Census Metropolitan Area.
2. CanadaabbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of certified management accountant.
3. ChinaabbreviationuncountableclimatologyAbbreviation of China Meteorological Administration.
4. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of computer-marked assignment (that uses scan sheets).
5. abbreviationcountableuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of chloromethylandrostenediol.
6. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of calcium magnesium acetate.
7. USabbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of comma, used in communication systems without punctuation marks (e.g., telegrams).

   ... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...

   1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304

8. CaliforniaabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of congestion management agency.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Consumer and Markets Authority.
2. abbreviationinitialismentertainmentInitialism of Country Music Association Awards.
3. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Competition and Markets Authority.

   Indeed, the more common complaint is that the regulator is too willing to accept an acquirer’s proposed remedies to competition concerns. Microsoft tried the remedy route with Activision but the CMA, unusually, wasn’t convinced. Tough.

   2023 April 27, Nils Pratley, “Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job”, in The Guardian, →ISSN