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OPA

"OPA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Opal, Open, Opt, Ova, Poi.


Abbreviations & Acronyms: OPA

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

OPA

EnglishOffice of Price AdministrationN/A

OPA

FrenchOffre publique d'achatEconomics, Law

OPA

ItalianOfferta pubblica di acquistoEconomics, Law

OPA

SpanishOferta pública de adquisiciónEconomics, Law

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: OPA

Synonyms by domain: American Prizes Office (economics), Office of Population Affairs (public administration), Office of Price Administration (public administration, financeeconomics), Office of Public Affairs (public administration), Offshore Operators Association (mining), Oil Pollution Act (environment), Oxygen Partnership Alliance (computing).

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Crosswords: OPA

Non-English Usage: "OPA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (granddad, grandfather), German (fogey, gaffer, geezer, granddad, grandfather, grandpa, pop), Guarani (every, all).

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Modern Usage: OPA

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Opa wird verkauft (1961)

Der Geliehene Opa (2002)

Unser Opa ist der Beste (1995)

Opa... Opa (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: OPA

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Korean Alphabet of 1446: Expositions Opa, the Visible Speech Sounds Translation With Annotation, Future Applicability (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: OPA

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

West Danville, Vermont. OPA (Office of Price Administration) inspector Maurice J. Sullivan stopping in for a friendly visit with the Hastings. He mentions that chickens and strawberries don't have to have their calling prices posted because they are not d. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: OPA

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Chile

In late 2000 the Chilean congress also approved legislation (known as the OPA law) on public stock tenders that provides greater legal protection of minority shareholder rights. (references)

France

When a potential investor makes a "public offer to purchase" (OPA) shares in a publicly traded company, that offer must remain open for at least 20 working days for "friendly" bids and 35 working days for "unfriendly" bids. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: OPA

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969During those two periods we had OPA price control that the Congress gave us and War Labor Board wage controls.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: OPA

Expression using "OPA": Opa Locka. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "OPA": Opa-locka, Opa-locka North.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OPA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

opa

127

hollywood opa taverna

4

opa taverna

52

taverna opa restaurant

4

opa locka

25

de directive opa projet

4

cidex opa

22

opa oracle peoplesoft

4

opa locka airport

16

beach opa south taverna

4

opa locka city

15

flea locka market opa

4

opa restaurant

14

06 2003 donotcallmuris.htm ftc.gov opa

4

opa locka florida

13

club montreal opa

4

club opa

12

06 2003 donotcall.htm ftc.gov opa

4

html opa

11

met opa sex

3

opa 90

10

kleurplaat opa

3

en oma opa

10

intl.net opa

3

opa opa

8

antique opa opa

3

opa tavern

7

01 2002 donotcall.htm ftc.gov opa

3

greek opa

6

neuken opa

3

opa sex

6

met opa porn

3

12 2002 donotcall.htm ftc.gov opa

5

06 2003 donotcallma.htm ftc.gov opa

3

miami opa taverna

5

flea hialeah locka market opa

3

oma opa

5

opa terra

3

feature opa va.gov

5

iberdrola opa

3

age opa

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: OPA

Derivations

Words beginning with "OPA": opacified, opacifies, opacify, opacifying, opacities, opacity, opah, opahs, opal, opalesce, opalesced, opalescence, opalescences, opalescent, opalescently, opalesces, opalescing, opaline, opalines, opals, opaque, opaqued, opaquely, opaqueness, opaquenesses, opaquer, opaques, opaquest, opaquing. (additional references)

Words ending with "OPA": dopa, levodopa, methyldopa. (additional references)

Words containing "OPA": allelopathic, allelopathies, allelopathy, allopath, allopaths, allopatric, allopatrically, allopatries, allopatry, anthropopathism, anthropopathisms, apotropaic, apotropaically, archiepiscopal, archiepiscopally, archiepiscopate, archiepiscopates, arthropathies, arthropathy, camelopard, camelopards, cardiomyopathies, cardiomyopathy, cardiopathies, cardiopathy, chlorpropamide, chlorpropamides, clinicopathologic, clinicopathological, clinicopathologically, copacetic, copaiba, copaibas, copal, copalm, copalms, copals, coparcenaries, coparcenary, coparcener, coparceners, coparent, coparents, copartner, copartnered, copartnering, copartners, copartnership, copartnerships, copasetic, copastor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: OPA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-o-p"

-1 letter: op, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-o-p"
 

+1 letter: apod, atop, capo, dopa, opah, opal, prao, proa, soap.

 

+2 letters: adopt, apods, aport, apron, atopy, campo, capon, capos, coapt, copal, copra, dopas, galop, jalop, kapok, koppa, nopal, okapi, opahs, opals, opera, paeon, pagod, panto, pareo, pargo, parol, parvo, paseo, patio, payor, piano, poach, podia, polar, polka, pooka, poppa, praos, proas, psoae, psoai, psoas, sapor, soaps, soapy, spado, topaz, vapor, yapok, yapon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OPA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 50 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

---    .--.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010000 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#80 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0050 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

495035

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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