CBA

See also: cba

English

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Noun

CBA (countable and uncountable, plural CBAs)

1. Initialism of collective bargaining agreement.
2. Initialism of cost-benefit analysis.
3. (finance) Initialism of currency board arrangement.
4. (Ireland, education) Initialism of Classroom-Based Asessment

Proper noun

CBA

1. (law) Initialism of County Bar Association.
2. (Australia, banking) Initialism of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. [Founded 1912.]

Phrase

CBA

1. (UK, vulgar, slang) Initialism of can't be arsed.
   • 1996 April 21, Kieron, “Re: olrs and message form”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <Dq8E6q.JwB@spuddy.mew.co.uk>:

     And I've seen many examples of abysmal wordwrapping... Me, I CBA changing it, and you really need initials to be used all the time to work properly, else stuff gets mis-attributed.

   • 1996 April 23, Derek James, “Re: Internet Software”, in demon.ip.support.win95‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <317d2ceb.4692859@news.demon.co.uk>:

     Each to their own eh Paul? Personally I like WS-FTP TEST version with just the two windows, and more importantly I CBA transferring over all the sites to anything new :o)

Alternative forms

• cba

Chinese

Proper noun

CBA

1. (sports) Initialism of Chinese Basketball Association.

Adjective

1. (slang) A National Basketball Association player that is considered weak as if he is on the level of aformentioned Chinese Basketball Association.
   • 老大尽力了，队友CBA，你说他不行，你行你上啊！(The leader(i.e. Kobe Bryant) did his best, his teammates are on the level of CBA, you denigrate him as incapable, why don't you try in his place if you can fit?)

See also

• ceebs

Anagrams

• -bac-, A. B. C., A.B.C., ABC, B. C. A., B.C.A., BAC, BCA, CAB, Cab, bac, cab