"LOA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: LOAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} LOA (plural LOAs)
  1. Initialism of leave of absence. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: leave of absence
    Sense id: en-LOA-en-noun-nnLJJ0ii Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 7 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 4 16
  2. (military, US) Initialism of letter of appreciation. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, letter Alternative form of: appreciation
    Sense id: en-LOA-en-noun-jg0sa~dV Categories (other): American English, Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (nautical) Initialism of length over all, the length of a ship's hull without attachments. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: length over all (extra: the length of a ship's hull without attachments)
    Sense id: en-LOA-en-noun-By7VGHhP Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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