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Feb 4, 2007

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)

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