EBAY GLOSSARY OF TERMS (beginning A)

The most full, complete, and comprehensive glossary of terms used by eBay users. It contains terms, abbreviations, acronyms, jargons, lingo together with their corresponding meanings and definitions most commonly used in auctions of collectibles, antiques, electronics, apparel, sporting goods and more.

Ebay words	Meaning
AASP	Attach Average Selling Price (the average selling price of items that are attached or up-sold as a secondary item upon checkout by a winning bidder/buyer)
ABM	Automatic Bottle Machine (bottles prior to 1910)
AC	Acetate (for records)
ACC	Accumulation (for stamps)
ACEO	Art Cards, Editions and Originals (artist cards meant to be traded between artists, measure 2.5" by 3.5" and can be in any medium including watercolor, acrylic, and drawing)
ACL	Applied Color Label (for wine or decorative bottles)
ADV	Adventure genre (for books or movies)
AE	Bronze (for coins)
AEG	All Edges Gilt (for books)
AF	Abercrombie & Fitch (clothing store)
AG	About Good (for coins)
AIR	Air Mail (for stamps)
AKA	Also known as
ALS	Autograph Letter Signed
ALT	Alternative
AMQS	Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
ANS	Autograph Note Signed
ANTH	Anthology (for books)
AO	All Original
AOL	America Online
AOME	Armies of Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings)
AOV	Average Order Value (the average value of consolidated orders)
AP	Artist Proof (an art of an edition set aside for the artist); Autopen
APS	American Philatelic Society
AQS	Autograph Quotation Signed
AR	Artist Resin (a sculpture, released by the artist or hobby companies, that is cast in durable but breakable resin and is usually hand-painted.); Silver (for coins); Attach Rate (the rate at which winning bidders/buyers are up-sold upon checkout, or at which they attach further items to the original purchase)
ARC	Advance Reader's/Review Copy (a paperback edition of a book released for publicity purposes before the trade edition is released)
ASL	A/Autograph Signed Letter
ASN	A/Autograph Signed Note
ASP	Average Sales Price (the average sales price of an item over a period of time, usually a month)
ATC	Artist Trading Card (artist cards meant to be traded between artists, measure 2.5" by 3.5" and must be able to slide into a trading card sleeve)
AU	About Uncirculated or Almost Uncirculated (for coins)
AU-50	About Uncirculated (for coins)
AU-55	Choice About Uncirculated (for coins)
AUTO	Autograph
AV	Gold (for coins)