ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED IN THE PRESS OF ...

a p.c.
a piccola velocità slow (freight)
a p.c.
a pieno carico fully loaded (of ship, etc.)
a p.c.
a pronta cassa for ready cash, for cash down
APE
Assemblea Parlamentare Europea European Parliamentary Assembly
a.pes.
artiglieria pesante heavy artillery
a.pes.camp.
artiglieria pesante campale [equivalent to] medium field
artillery
A.P.I.
Anonima Petroli Italiana [name - Italian Oil Company]
A.P.I.
Associazione Piccole e Association of Small and
Medie Industrie Medium-Sized Industries
apl.
applicato applied
apologia di reato incitement to civil
disobedience; incitement to
commit a crime [translation
depends on context]
app.
apparato apparatus, device
app.
appendice appendix
app.
appoggio support
App.
appostamento position
app.
approssimativo approximate
appl.
applicato; applied;
applicazione application
appr., appross.
approssimativo approximate