ACCA

¹ British

abbreviation

Associate of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

acca ² British

/ ˈækə /

noun

informal an academic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of acca

C20: shortened form of _academic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The Acca, as it is known locally, is defying its environment.

From BBC

Mr Jackson said the Acca - as the club is affectionately known - was a source of memories for generations of people in Halifax.

From BBC

Mr Jackson said the parents of the birthday boy who inspired the scheme had actually met on the Acca's dancefloor.

From BBC

But then prosecutors hatched a plot: They would use the Armed Career Criminal Act, or ACCA, to make Wooden’s sentence roughly eight times longer.

From Slate

An individual qualifies for ACCA’s enhancement if they have three prior convictions for violent felonies “committed on occasions different from one another.”

From Slate

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023