"FSA" meaning in English

See FSA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} FSA
  1. (UK, historical, 2001–2013) Initialism of Financial Services Authority. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Financial Services Authority Coordinate_terms: PRA
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-name-E66ym4SA Categories (other): British English
  2. (US) Initialism of Foreign Service Assignment. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Foreign Service Assignment
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-name-72HWNRgc Categories (other): American English
  3. (US, education) Initialism of Federal Student Aid. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Federal Student Aid
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-name-zXI8GqRf Categories (other): American English, Education Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Insurance Disambiguation of Insurance: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: FSAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FSA (plural FSAs)
  1. (US) Initialism of flexible spending account or flexible spending arrangement. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: flexible spending account or flexible spending arrangement Synonyms (flexible spending account): flexible spending account, flex account
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-noun-wynvCQzM Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'flexible spending account': 90 1 4 3 2 1
  2. (Canada) Initialism of forward sortation area (postal system code). Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: forward sortation area (extra: postal system code) Coordinate_terms: LDU
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-noun-K4id~zCU Categories (other): Canadian English
  3. (computer science) Initialism of finite-state automaton. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: finite-state automaton
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-noun-4NsxIYAx Categories (other): Computer science Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  4. (US) Initialism of firm-specific advantage. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: firm-specific advantage
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-noun-TVlXcMIt Categories (other): American English
  5. (US education system) Initialism of Florida State Assessment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Florida State Assessment
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-noun-hCMcDpTv Categories (other): American English, Education, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 8 4 1 17 3 53 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 3 4 0 16 2 64 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 7 4 0 16 1 62 8
  6. Initialism of Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
    Sense id: en-FSA-en-noun-kjoXvSyO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Insurance Disambiguation of Insurance: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: UK, historical, 2001–2013",
  "path": [
    "FSA"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "FSA",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: UK, historical, 2001–2013",
  "path": [
    "FSA"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
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}

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