"LOA" meaning in English

See LOA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (military, US) Initialism of letter of appreciation. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, letter Alternative form of: appreciation Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-LOA-en-noun-jg0sa~dV Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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