ABV

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See also: abv, abv., and abʋ

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ABV

  1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, which serves Abuja, Nigeria.

English

Noun

ABV (countable and uncountable, plural ABVs)

  1. Initialism of alcohol by volume.
    Alternative form: abv
    Coordinate term: ABW
    At only 2% ABV, this brand of beer won't get you drunk cheaply.
    • 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      On a tour of the cavernous and gleaming BrewDog plant in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, Dickie happily batted around terminology – IBU, ABV, pH, haze, present gravity, headspace oxygen – with PhD-level microbiologists working in the lab.
    • 2021 June 7, “Understanding Alcohol Proof: How Is Alcohol Proof Measured?”, in MasterClass‎:
      U.S. law considers alcohol proof to be twice the ABV percentage.
    • 2025 May 20, Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, “Is There a Least Bad Alcohol?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      If you’re choosing between two beers of the same size, for instance, and one is 4 percent A.B.V. and the other is 8 percent, the 4 percent beer will expose you to half as much ethanol.
  2. Initialism of American-born Vietnamese.

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