AAA
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Amateur Athletic Association.
- American Automobile Association.
- antiaircraft artillery.
- Automobile Association of America.
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AAA
- a proportional shoe width size, narrower than AA.
- the highest quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond.
- Electricity. a battery size for 1.5 volt dry cells: diameter, 0.4 inches (1 cm); length 1.7 inches (4.3 cm).
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A.A.A.
- Amateur Athletic Association.
- American Automobile Association.
- Automobile Association of America.
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Contemporary Examples
It kept its AAA credit rating; GDP per capita climbed; inflation and unemployment are still low; and the dollar is strong.
Objects included “speaker wire, an AAA battery, open safety pins, a plastic cup, straws, a marble, and a cotton-tipped swab.”
Filling up continues to be painful—the average gasoline price is $3.47, according to AAA.
It has warned that it will lower the U.S. credit rating from AAA if no deal is reached come Jan. 1.
The U.S. Credit Rating Might Get Downgraded Again, But Does Anyone Care?Matthew Zeitlin
November 14, 2012
But if one of the major ratings agencies says the U.S. is no longer AAA and a recession looms, what will happen to the U.S. debt?
The U.S. Credit Rating Might Get Downgraded Again, But Does Anyone Care?Matthew Zeitlin
November 14, 2012
Historical Examples
We are in the market for 500 AAA skunk, males and females for breeding purposes.
Fur Farming For ProfitHermon Basil Laymon
It may be loaded with larger shot—say AAA—which is effective up to fifty yards.
Unexplored SpainAbel Chapman
AAA
- British Amateur Athletic Association
- anti-aircraft artillerySee also triple A
- US Automobile Association of America
- Automobile Association of Australia
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Word Origin and History for aaa
A.A.A.
also AAA, abbreviation of American Automobile Association, attested 1902, American English, the year the organization was founded.
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