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Acronyms & abbreviations - dictionary for newbies

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  • Richard_Webster
    Richard_Webster Posts: 7,646 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    TPO = The Property Ombudsman, formerly the
    OEA = Ombudsman for Estate Agency

    Depends who you are - for me it means Tree Preservation Order!
    RICHARD WEBSTER

    As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 18 August 2010 at 9:58AM
    HPI = House Price Inflation
    BTL = Buy To Let
    STR = Sell To Rent
    HB = Housing Benefit
    BR = Bankrupt (as well as Building Regs, which you already have)
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    DIP - decision in priniciple from a Lender to tell you that you have a decision in principle for a new mortgage
  • sonastin
    sonastin Posts: 3,210 Forumite
    clutton wrote: »
    DIP - decision in priniciple from a Lender to tell you that you have a decision in principle for a new mortgage

    Same as AIP - agreement in principle
  • M.Holloway
    M.Holloway Posts: 258 Forumite
    Most of those 'acronyms' are actually initialisms..
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Acronym? Initialism?

    TLA = Two/Three Letter Abbreviation ???
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    M.Holloway wrote: »
    Most of those 'acronyms' are actually initialisms..
    Thanks for your contribution - all welcome.

    You are absolutely right that some of them are, but as the term "initialism" is less widely used/recognised than the term "acronym" I'm not going to worry about it. :D
  • spadoosh
    spadoosh Posts: 8,732 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    yeh what does DD and DS mean i gather its son and daughter but whats with the D?
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    Think it may be "dear" or "darling"? I guess on a bad day it could be a myriad of other Ds :wink:
  • spadoosh
    spadoosh Posts: 8,732 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    the first time i saw it i though the poster was talking about her chest. suppose i need to 'get with it'!
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