| 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) |
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.
