APPENDIX 2 Common Abbreviations Used in Relay
ABT
About
ACCT
Account
ACCTS
Accounts
ANS
Answer
ANS MACH
Answer Machine
ANS SERVICE
Answer Service
APPT
Appointment
APPTS
Appointments
APT
Apartment
APTS
Apartments
ASAP
As soon as possible
AVE
Avenue
BDAY
Birthday
BEC
Because
BECUZ
Because
BKGD Background
BLVD
Boulevard
CA
Communication Assistant
CO
Company
CORP
Corporation
CUD
Could
CUZ
Because
DOB Date of Birth
DEPT
Department
DEPTS
Departments
DR
Doctor
FWD
Forward
GOVT
Government
HLD
Hold
HD
Hold
HOSP
Hospital
HR
Hour
INS
Insurance
ILY
I Love you
IMPT
Important
INC
Incorporated
INFO
Information
MIN
Minute
MIN PLS
Minute Please
MINS
Minutes
MISC
Miscellaneous
MSG
Message
MSGS
MTG
NBR
NBRS
OFC
OFFC
OIC
OPR
PLM
PBLM
PLS
PM
R
RD
RECD
REP Representative
RWD
SHD
SHUD
SSN Social Security Number
ST
TDD
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TECH Technician
THOT Thought
THRU
THKS
THX
TMR
TMW
TT
TTY
TV Television
U
UR
URS
VR
VOC REHAB
WUD
XMAS
17
TM
Messages
Meeting
Number
Numbers
Office
Office
Oh I see
Operator
Problem
Problem
Please
PM
Are
Road
Received
Rewind
Should
Should
Street, Saint
Through
Thanks
Thanks
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
Text Telephone
Teletypewriter
You
Your
Yours
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation
Would
Christmas