You may find this list helpful for those short forms you find in a listing or an ad.

A/C: Air Conditioner

CAC or C/A: Central Air Conditioner

Acc: Access (access to backyard)

Ad: Advertisement

Agr: Agricultural (zoned agricultural)

Agmt: Agreement (Agreement of Purchase and Sale - APS)

A.K.A.: Also Known As (semi-detached a.k.a. "semi”)

Alum: Aluminum (aluminum siding)

Apt: Apartment (basement apt)

Apx or Appx: Approximate

APS: Agreement of Purchase and Sale

Bbq: Barbeque

B/I: Built-In (B/I dishwasher)

B/I/DW: Built-in dishwasher

BATH: Bathroom(s)

Berber: A high-quality broadloom/carpet that wears well.

Bkfst: Breakfast (breakfast nook or breakfast room)

Bldg: Building

Bldrs: Builders (builders’ plans)

Bdr: Bedroom

BR: Bedroom (i.e. 4BR)

Brdlm: Broadloom (carpet)

Bsbrds: Baseboards

Bsmt: Basement (finished basement)

B4: Before

C'Top: Countertop

CAC or C/A: Central air conditioning

CB: Co-operating broker (represents a buyer)

Clt: Collateral (collateral agreement)

Clt Agmt: Collateral agreement

Comb or Comb LR/DR: Combined living room/dining room

Comm: Commission

Cond: Condition or Conditional

Condo: Condominium

Cov: Coverings (window coverings - drapes, curtains, shears, etc.)

Cvac: Central vacuum system

Desig: Designation (designated heritage property)

Det: Detached (detached garage, detached house or semi-detached)

Dir: Direction

Dft: Deal fell through (status condition on the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) runs the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA))

DOM: Days on market (number of days shown in MLS®)

DR: Dining room

DRs: Doors

Dryr: Dryer (clothes dryer)

DW or D/W: Dryer (clothes dryer)

EAC: Electronic Air Cleaner

Egdo: Extra Garage Door Opener

Elect: Electric or Electrical

ELFs: Electrical Lighting Fixtures (does not include items plugged in i.e., table lamps, but includes wired-in appliances like chandeliers, pot lights and track lighting)

Ent or Sep Ent: Entrance (separate entrance)

Excl: Excluded (excluded chandelier)

Exp: Expired (expired listing, a status condition in MLS®)

Exh: Exhaust (exhaust fan or exhaust to outside)

Ext: Exterior

F/A: Forced air gas (heating system)

Fam, Fam Rm, FR or F/R: Family (family room)

Feat: Feature or Features (swimming pool)

Fin: Finished

Fl: Floor (main floor or hardwood floor)

Flrs: Floors

Fr or FRrm: Front Room

Gar or Grg: Garage

Gdo: Garage door opener

GdoR: Garage door opener remote (handheld device to activate the opener)

GB&E: Gas burner and equipment (furnace)

GST: Goods and Services Tax

GTA: Greater Toronto Area

Hi-Eff or HE: High-Efficiency (furnace)

Hrwd: Hardwood (hardwood flooring)

HST: Harmonized Sales Tax - combined GST + PST (effective in Ontario 2010)

Hwt(R): Hot water tank (rental)

I/G: Inground (inground swimming pool)

Incl: Included

Insp: Inspection (inspection report)

Int: Interior or interest rate

Irr or Irreg: Irregular (irregular lot size)

Jr or Jr BR: Junior (junior bedroom)

Kit: Kitchen

L/A or L.A.: Listing agent

LB or Lbx: Lock box or listing brokerage

LBO: Listing broker office

Loc: Location

Low-Eff: Low-efficiency (furnace)

LR or L/R: Livingroom

Lux: Luxury

Lvl: Level

LVR: Loan-to-value ratio

Mbr: Master bedroom (no longer used, should be primary bedroom)

Micro: Microwave

Mn, MnFlr, MnFl or M/F: Main floor

Mnths, Mos or Mth: Month(s)

Msrmts: Measurements

Nr: Near

Occup: Occupied or Occupancy (apartment occupancy or occupancy permit for new home construction)

O/Looks or DR O/Looks LR: Overlooks (dining room overlooks living room)

ONHWP: Ontario New Home Warranty Program

Part: Partly (partly finished basement)

PC or pcBath: Piece (2-piece bathroom)

PITI: Principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (regarding a mortgage or loan)

PST: Provincial Sales Tax

Pvt: Private (private yard)

Pwdr: Powder (powder room)

REA: Real Estate Agent or Realtor

Rec or RecRm: Recreation room

Res: Residence, residential (zoned residence)

R/I: Rough-in (rough-in fireplace or dishwasher)

Rm: Room

R/O: Reverse Osmosis (water purification system)

REA: Real Estate Agent

RSA: Room sizes approximate

Sds: Sides (sides onto the park)

Sec: Security

Sep or Sep LR/DR: Separate (separate living room or separate dining room)

Sgwo: Sliding glass door walkout

Sl: Sliding

Sol: Solarium

Spec: Special

SPIS: Seller property information statement

Sq: Square (100 square feet)

Sqft: Square feet

S/S: Stainless steel (appliances)

Stv: Stove

Sys or Sec sys: System (security system)

T/O: Through out

TBA: To be announced or to be arranged (possession date is TBA - meaning negotiable)

TTC: Toronto Transit Commission (bus and subway system in Toronto)

TLC: Tender loving care (needs repairs)

TMI: Tax, maintenance, and insurance

TRREB or TREB: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board

UFFI: Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation

Upgr: Upgrade (carpet upgrade)

W: With

W/D or W&D: Washer and dryer

W/I: Walk in (walk-in closet)

W/L or W/Laid: Where laid (carpet laid)

W/O: Walk out (basement apartment walk out or walk out to deck)

W/W: Wall-to-Wall (as in wall-to-wall carpet or wall-to-wall windows)

Win or Win Cov: Window (window coverings)

Yr: Year

Yrly: Yearly

2: To (short walk 2 the park)

4+2: The number after the + means in the basement (example: bedrooms: 4+2 means 4 BR on main or upper floors and 2 in basement).

10: rated high as in 10 out of 10

@: At (keys @ office or lights @rear)

$/mo: price or dollars per month

See Real Estate Terms to understand definitions and common terms.

(updated January 2024)