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CPA

CPA is the initialism of certified public accountant.

CPA is the initialism of chartered professional accountant.

CPA is the initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.

CPA is the abbreviation of copolymer alloy.

CPA is the initialism of closest point of approach.

CPA is the initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.

Meaning of certified public accountant

Noun

certified public accountant (plural certified public accountants)

  1. An accountant who has met certain legal requirements to provide certain accounting services.
    Synonyms:
    CPA

Meaning of closest point of approach

Noun

closest point of approach (plural closest points of approach)

  1. (navigation) An estimated point in which the distance between two objects, of which at least one is in motion, will reach its minimum value; abbreviated CPA. The estimate is used to evaluate the risk of a collision of e.g. two ships.

Forms of CPA

pluralCPAs

Questions about CPA

What is CPA the initialism of?
CPA is the initialism of certified public accountant.

Words near CPA in the dictionary

  1. CP-1252
  2. cp.
  3. CP/M
  4. CP/Mer
  5. CP/Mers
  6. CPA
  7. CPaaS
  8. CPAC
  9. CPACer
  10. CPACers
  11. CPACs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: CPA (page history and authors); certified public accountant (page history and authors); closest point of approach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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