"SBA" meaning in English

See SBA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} SBA
  1. (US) Initialism of Small Business Administration. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Small Business Administration
    Sense id: en-SBA-en-name-wrPOSJ3n Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Coins, United States Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 6 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 4 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 4 8 8 Disambiguation of Coins: 67 7 10 15 Disambiguation of United States: 70 5 10 16

Noun

Forms: SBAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} SBA (plural SBAs)
  1. Initialism of school-based assessment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: school-based assessment
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  2. (numismatic slang) Initialism of Susan B. Anthony. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Susan B. Anthony
    Sense id: en-SBA-en-noun-Y~UxwiYU
  3. (education) Initialism of single best answer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: single best answer
    Sense id: en-SBA-en-noun-zkJYKArN Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Education, Education Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0 100 Topics: education

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