tra

Noun (1)

tra (plural tra)

1. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).

   Synonyms:

   iridescent shark

Interjection

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

Proper noun capitalized: TRA

TRA

1. (abbreviation, initialism, Tanzania) Initialism of Tanzania Revenue Authority.

Noun (2) capitalized: TRA

TRA (countable and uncountable, plural TRAs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of transracial adoption.
   • This narrow popular image of TRA as a white-black phenomenon is striking given that adoptions of black children by white parents account for only a small percentage of TRAs and an even smaller percentage of all U.S. domestic adoptions.2002, Hawley Fogg-Davis, The Ethics of Transracial Adoption, page 3
   • There are three reasons why domestic TRAs (involving mostly African American and Native American children) are very different from ICAs: […]2004, Vincent John Cheng, Inauthentic: The Anxiety Over Culture and Identity, page 71
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of transracial adoptee.
   • We asked the TRAs a series of questions about their relationship to family members during adolescence, many of which focused on racial differences.1992, William Laufer, Adoption, Race, and Identity: From Infancy to Young Adulthood, page 215
   • Sixty percent of the TRAs and 77 percent of the birth children lived in neighborhoods that were mostly white.2000, Rita James Simon, Howard Altstein, Adoption Across Borders: Serving the Children in Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions, page 65
3. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tenants and residents association.
   • One PFI scheme was developed in an area where formal representative structures (tenant and resident associations (TRAs), tenant liaison committees (TLCs) and community forum) had failed to adapt to the growing ethnic diversity of the area.2010, Hal Pawson, David Mullins, After Council Housing: Britain's New Social Landlords, page 237
   • Just Space also provided support to Tower Hamlets Tenants Federation (THTF) to deliver a programme of events on community planning aimed at Tenants and Residents Associations (TRAs) in the borough.2014, Robin Brown, Michael Edwards, Richard Lee, “Just Space: towards a just, sustainable London”, in Rob Imree, Loretta Lees, editors, Sustainable London: The Future of a Global City, unnumbered page
4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of twins reared apart.
5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of trans rights activist.
   • Attempts to compel ordinary people to use the “preferred pronouns” of TRAs will backfire as this is coercion.2018, Una-Jane Winfield, written evidence submitted to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 consultation in the United Kingdom in 2018, page 2
   • Of the gender ideology that Stonewall and TRAs are flogging, as opposed to a person having dysphoria, loathing their genitalia & body, and feeling they are in need of medical interventions.2020, anonymous, quoted in Christina T. Lu, "A computational approach to analyzing and detecting trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) on Twitter", thesis submitted to Dartmouth College, page...
6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tax receivable agreement.