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The highest rating given on bonds by bond rating agencies.
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AAA bonds are thought to have virtually no risk of default. Moody's and Standard & Poor's are the most widely used rating agencies.
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Highest rated corporate or municipal bond, with full payment of principal and interest expected at maturity. Bonds rated AAA, AA, A, and BBB by Standard & Poor's, and Baa or better by Moody's Investors Service, are considered investment grade bonds, eligible for purchase by banks and savings institutions as Investment Securities. See also Bond Rating.
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| Meaning | Category |
| ASCII Adjust after Addition | Computing->Assembly |
| Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm | Medical->Physiology |
| Academic Achievement and Advising | Academic & Science->Universities |
| Academics, Athletics, and Arts | Academic & Science->Universities |
| Access All Areas | Governmental->Military |
| Accounting Authentication And Authorization | Computing->Security |
| Accumulated Adjustments Account | Business->Accounting |
| Acoustic And Acapella | Community->Music |
| Active Accelerated Academy | Community->Educational |
| Active Affluent Adults | Community |
| Adequation Algorithm Architecture | Computing->Hardware |
| Adult Album Alternative | Community->Media |
| Adult Alternative Acoustic | Community->Music |
| Adult Alternative Album | Community->Music |
| Adult Alternative Albums | Community->Music |
| Advanced Accelerator Applications | Computing->Hardware |
| Advanced Applications Of Accelerators | Academic & Science->Physics |
| Advanced Available And Affordable | Business->General |
| Against All Authority | Governmental->Police |
| Agree Acknowledge Apologize | Community |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | Miscellaneous->Farming |
| Agriculture Advancing Australia | International->Australian |
| Air Avenue of Approach | Governmental->Military |
| Airborne Assault Area | Governmental->Military |
| Alberta Association of Architects | Academic & Science->Architecture |
| Alcoholic Apes Anonymous | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Algorithm Architecture Adequation | Computing->Hardware |
| Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista | International->Spanish |
| Aliya, the Atrocious Appaloosa | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Allied Airborne Army | Governmental->Military |
| Alter, Avoid, or Accept | Business->General |
| Alternate Assembly Area | Governmental->Military |
| Always Add Acid | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| American Accounting Association | Business->Accounting |
| American Arbitration Association | Business->International Business |
| American Automobile Association | Governmental->Transportation Community |
| Amino Acid Analysis | Medical->Physiology |
| Ana, Tuamotu Islands | Regional->Airport Codes |
| Anarchy Armageddon Annihilation | Governmental->Military |
| Angband Across America | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Angewandte Amerikanistik Anglistik | Business->Firms |
| Angle Angle Angle | Academic & Science->Mathematics |
| Anglers Of All Abilities | Community->Sports |
| Animal Acupuncture Academy | Medical->Veterinary |
| Animal Agriculture Alliance | Medical->Veterinary |
| Animal Analysis Associates | Business->Firms |
| Animal- Assisted Activity | Medical->Physiology |
| Anime Addicts Anonymous | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Annual Alpha Awards | Miscellaneous->Awards & Medals |
| Anthony's Adoption Agency | Business->Firms |
| Anti Aircraft Association | Community->Non-Profit Organizations |
| Anti-Aircraft Artillery | Governmental->United Nations Governmental->Military |
| App Cam Automation file | Computing->File Extensions |
| Appropriate, Affordable, and Available | Medical->Hospitals |
| Area Agency on Aging | Community->Non-Profit Organizations |
| Army Audit Agency | Governmental->Military |
| Army Security Agency | Governmental->FBI Files |
| Arrival Arrangements Agreements | Governmental->Transportation |
| Arrowhead Accountability Association | Community->Non-Profit Organizations |
| Arts, Academics, and Athletics | Academic & Science->Universities |
| Asian American Association | Community->Schools |
| Asian Art Appreciation | Academic & Science->Academic Degrees |
| Association of Accounting Administrators | Business->Accounting |
| Associazione Automobilistica Americana | International->Italian |
| Athlon Addicts Anonymous | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Atlantean Academic Archaeologist | Academic & Science->Universities |
| Auckland Automobile Association | Governmental->Transportation |
| Audax Altitude Award | Miscellaneous->Awards & Medals |
| Australian Anglers Association | Community->Sports |
| Authentication, Authorization, and Accountability | Computing->Security |
| Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting | Business->Accounting Computing->Networking |
| Authority Authorization Auditing | Governmental->Military |
| Automated Airlift Analysis | Governmental->Transportation |
| Automated Atlantis Assistants | Computing->Software |
| Automatic Artwork Alignment | Computing->General |
| Average Amateur Attempt | Community->Sports |
| Awaiting Aircraft Availability | Governmental->Military |
| Awareness, Action, and Accountability | Community->Educational |
| Awesome Awesome Awesome | Internet->Chat |
| Awful, Agonizing, and Aggravating | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Softphrase Automation File | Computing->File Extensions |
| Sybase SQLAnywhere Temp File | Computing->File Extensions |
| The Automobile Association of America | Business->Firms |
| Xtal Backup file | Computing->File Extensions |
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AAA or Triple-A is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:
Economic, political, and social
- American Automobile Association
- American Australian Association
- Agricultural Adjustment Act, U.S. farm subsidy legislation of 1933 or the separate act of 1938
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the USDA agency established by the 33 Act.
- Alianza Anticomunista Argentina ('Argentine Anticommunist Alliance' in Spanish), an Argentinian far-right death squad of the mid-1970s
- Alianza Americana Anticomunista ('American Anticommunist Alliance' in Spanish), a paramilitary far-right Colombian organization, 1978-1979
- Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista (in Spain — see 1977 Atocha Massacre)
- American Academy of Actuaries
- American Accounting Association
- American Ambulance Association
- American Angus Association
- American Arbitration Association
- Association of Autonomous Astronauts, a global network of community based groups dedicated to building their own spaceships, est. 1995
- A so called credit rating, ex. Triple-A status.
- Allah, Army and America
- The FAA airport code for Logan County Airport (Illinois)
- The IATA airport code for Anaa Airport in French Polynesia
- The ICAO code for Ansett Australia, Australia
Arts
- AAA (band), a Japanese eurobeat/R&B band
- Aces of ANSI Art, an organized body of artists dedicated to creating ANSI art
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, a British actor
- Adult album alternative, a radio format
- Against All Authority (-AAA-), an American DIY ska-punk band
- AntAcidAudio, an independent record label
- Associated American Artists, an art gallery and art marketing business
- Axis & Allies, a WWII real-time strategy computer game
- Axis & Allies, an open-source turn-based strategy computer game
- The name of track six from Strapping Young Lad's 1997 album City
- The lowest note on a piano (Sub-Contra)
Crime
- Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, a senior member of al-Qaeda
Sports
- AAA (baseball) the highest level of minor league baseball play in North America
- AmericanAirlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, a Mexican wrestling promotion
- Amateur Athletic Association (of England) – The Three As
- Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
- Arkansas Activities Association
Science and technology
Astronomy
- Amateur Achievement Award, given to amateur astronomers by Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Chemistry
- Acetic Acid Anhydride, a chemical compound
Computing
- Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, an access control, policy enforcement and auditing framework for computing systems
- AAA chipset, a graphics hardware for the Commodore Amiga computer
- ASCII adjust after addition, an Intel 80x86 processor instruction
Mathematics
- Angle-angle-angle, a method for showing similarity between triangles
Medicine
- AAA proteins (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities)
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Military
- Anti-Aircraft Artillery or "Triple A", in common usage in the military. Older terms included Air Defense Guns, "Ack-Ack" (AA for "Anti-Aircraft", also the noise of a rapid-firing gun), "Flak" derived from the German, FLugAbwehrKanone (aircraft defense cannon), "Archie" (1914-18 war). See also Anti-aircraft warfare.
Social science
Technology
- AAA battery, a standard size of dry cell
- Analog-analog-analog, a designation for audio analog recording
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