| Acronym | Definition |
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| CPA | Certified Public Accountant |
| CPA | Citizens' Police Academy |
| CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority (Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance) |
| CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq) |
| CPA | Cathay Pacific Airways |
| CPA | Cost Per Action |
| CPA | Comprehensive Performance Assessment |
| CPA | Comprehensive Peace Agreement |
| CPA | Canadian Psychiatric Association |
| CPA | Communications and Public Affairs |
| CPA | Canadian Physiotherapy Association |
| CPA | Center for the Performing Arts |
| CPA | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK) |
| CPA | Center for Policy Alternatives |
| CPA | Canadian Psychological Association |
| CPA | Canadian Paraplegic Association |
| CPA | Composite Panel Association |
| CPA | Care Programme Approach (UK mental health policy) |
| CPA | Chartered Public Accountant |
| CPA | Community Preservation Act |
| CPA | Canadian Payments Association |
| CPA | Communist Party of Australia |
| CPA | Centre for Policy Alternatives |
| CPA | Cartes Postales Anciennes |
| CPA | Commission on Preservation and Access |
| CPA | Collaboration-Protocol Agreement (Oasis) |
| CPA | Collaboration Protocol Agreement (ebXML) |
| CPA | Combat Poverty Agency |
| CPA | Canadian Payroll Association |
| CPA | Crop Protection Association (UK) |
| CPA | Closest Point of Approach |
| CPA | Certified Practising Accountant |
| CPA | College Parents of America |
| CPA | Comprehensive Plan Amendment |
| CPA | Construction Products Association (UK) |
| CPA | Centre for Policy on Ageing |
| CPA | Chirped Pulse Amplification |
| CPA | Critical Path Analysis |
| CPA | Consumer Protection Agency (Egypt) |
| CPA | Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) |
| CPA | Canadian Peace Alliance |
| CPA | Content Provider Access |
| CPA | Centre for Psychological Astrology |
| CPA | Comprehensive Plan of Action |
| CPA | Cordillera Peoples Alliance (Cordillera, Philippines indigenous peoples organization) |
| CPA | Chinese Progressive Association |
| CPA | Coherent Potential Approximation |
| CPA | Channel Port Adapter (Cisco) |
| CPA | Canadian Police Association |
| CPA | Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (UK) |
| CPA | Call Progress Analysis (also PCPM, Programmable Call Progress Monitor) |
| CPA | Canadian Philosophical Association |
| CPA | California Psychiatric Association |
| CPA | Customer Profitability Analysis |
| CPA | Cessna Pilots Association |
| CPA | CerebelloPontine Angle (tumors) |
| CPA | Communist Party USA |
| CPA | Catholic Patriotic Association |
| CPA | Canadian Poetry Association |
| CPA | Central Planning Area |
| CPA | Construction Plant-Hire Association (UK) |
| CPA | Cost Plus Award |
| CPA | Chosen-Plaintext Attack |
| CPA | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
| CPA | Communicating Process Architectures |
| CPA | Commonwealth Ports Authority |
| CPA | Consumer Protection Association (UK) |
| CPA | Christian Police Association (UK) |
| CPA | Child Placement Agency |
| CPA | Christian People's Alliance |
| CPA | Connector Position Assurance |
| CPA | Common Payment Application (smart chip card industry) |
| CPA | Crime Pattern Analysis |
| CPA | Childhood Physical Abuse |
| CPA | Chief of Public Affairs |
| CPA | Cost and Price Analysis |
| CPA | Cakewalk Pro Audio |
| CPA | Canaveral Port Authority |
| CPA | Computing Processes and Artifacts |
| CPA | Canadian Petroleum Association |
| CPA | Canadian Parking Association |
| CPA | Consumer Protection Act of 1991 |
| CPA | California Partnership Academies |
| CPA | Connecticut Psychological Association |
| CPA | Cubic-Plus-Association (equation of state) |
| CPA | Center for Photographic Art |
| CPA | Chartered Patent Attorney |
| CPA | Cell Proliferation Assay |
| CPA | Center for Profitable Agriculture |
| CPA | Carry Propagate Adder |
| CPA | Copolymer Alloy |
| CPA | Chief Patrol Agent (US Border Patrol) |
| CPA | Connecticut Pharmacists Association |
| CPA | Chartered Patent Agent (UK) |
| CPA | Chairman’s program assessment (US DoD) |
| CPA | Corrective & Preventive Action (quality assurance systems) |
| CPA | Calgary Parking Authority |
| CPA | Corrosion Prevention Association (UK) |
| CPA | Cost Per Acquisition/Action (internet advertising) |
| CPA | Contract Price Adjustment |
| CPA | Corrugated Packaging Association |
| CPA | Canadian Poolplayers Association |
| CPA | Chesapeake Paddlers Association |
| CPA | Caring People Alliance |
| CPA | Cornish Pasty Association (UK) |
| CPA | Coalition for Peace Action |
| CPA | Critical Patch Update (Oracle) |
| CPA | Council Performance Assessment (US Girl Scouts) |
| CPA | Caribbean Philosophical Association |
| CPA | Customer-Provided Access |
| CPA | Cincinnati Paralegal Association |
| CPA | Cold Plasma Analyzer |
| CPA | Competing Pipers Association |
| CPA | Content Portal Authority (SurfControl) |
| CPA | California Placement Association (California Community College Placement Association) |
| CPA | Cost Performance Analysis |
| CPA | Christmas Prepayment Association (UK) |
| CPA | Car Park Attendant |
| CPA | Co-Polar Attenuation |
| CPA | Central Purchasing Authority |
| CPA | Combined Paging/Access |
| CPA | Charged Particle Analyzer |
| CPA | Chinanteco Palantla (SIL code, Mexico) |
| CPA | Campaign for Public Accountability |
| CPA | Corporate Purchase Agreement |
| CPA | Conflict Prevention Associates |
| CPA | Coalition for Public Awareness |
| CPA | Cincinnati Performing Arts (Cincinnati, OH) |
| CPA | Clinical Pathology Associates (Austin, TX) |
| CPA | Centre for Proteome Analysis |
| CPA | Columbus Progressive Alliance |
| CPA | Community Postal Agent (Australia Post) |
| CPA | Command Processor Assembly |
| CPA | Cultural Pluralism and the Arts |
| CPA | Centralized/Bulk Power Architecture |
| CPA | Cyprus Pharmaceutical Association |
| CPA | Contingency Planning Aid (NASA) |
| CPA | Consumer Protection Appraisal |
| CPA | Colorado Payphone Association |
| CPA | Customer Product Advisor |
| CPA | Computer Patents Annuities |
| CPA | Common Programming APIs |
| CPA | Commercial Production Association |
| CPA | Cut and Paste Artist |
| CPA | Concurrent Photon Amplification |
| CPA | Computer Program Abstracts (NASA) |
| CPA | Catholic Parents Association |
| CPA | Calling Party Answer (ITU-T) |
| CPA | Coupled-Pair Approximation |
| CPA | Connecticut Perinatal Association |
| CPA | Customer Price Agreement |
| CPA | Customer Product Audit |
| CPA | Comprehensive Peer Assessment |
| CPA | Canadian Pinzgauer Association |
| CPA | Children's Psychology Associates |
| CPA | Contract Property Administrator |
| CPA | Charged-Particle Analysis |
| CPA | Circular Patch Antenna |
| CPA | Contiguous Processor Allocation |
| CPA | Controller Processing Assembly |
| CPA | Communications Planning Aid |
| CPA | Conventional Patch Antenna |
| CPA | Creative Progress Agency (Bulgaria) |
| CPA | Critical Parametric Analysis |
| CPA | Classification Products By Activity |
| CPA | Coordinated Purchase Agreement |
| CPA | Computer Products Administration |
| CPA | Cleaning, Pressing, and Altering |
| CPA | Commander's Personal Attention |
| CPA | Cash Purchasing Agent |
| CPA | Control Purchasing Authority |
| CPA | Cost Planning & Appraisal |
| CPA | Common Paging and Access |
| CPA | Communications Power Assembly |
| CPA | Circular Probable Area |
| CPA | Cost/Personal Accounting |
| CPA | Cary Photographic Artists (Cary, NC) |
| CPA | Conversion Pad Assembly (chemical demil plants) |
| CPA | Capability Provisioning Activity (NECC program) |
| CPA | Cargo Preference Act of 1954 |
| CPA | Case Processing Associate |
| CPA | Comprehensive Peace Arrangement |
| CPA | Custom Painting Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |