CBA

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Noun

CBA (countable and uncountable, plural CBAs)

  1. Initialism of collective bargaining agreement.
  2. Initialism of cost-benefit analysis.
  3. (finance) Initialism of currency board arrangement.
  4. (Ireland, education) Initialism of classroom-based assessment.

Proper noun

CBA

  1. (law) Initialism of County Bar Association.
  2. (Australia, banking) Initialism of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  3. Initialism of Consumer Brands Association.
    • 2025 April 22, Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, Will McDuffie, and Mary Kekatos, “RFK Jr. unveils plan to phase out 8 artificial food dyes in the US”, in ABC News‎:
      The memo did not contain an explicit commitment to remove all artificial dyes by the end of 2026, as Kennedy called for on Tuesday, but the proposal said CBA members were committed to "supporting agency actions."

Phrase

CBA

  1. (UK, vulgar, slang) Initialism of can't be arsed.
    • 1996 April 21, Kieron, “Re: olrs and message form”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <[email protected]>:
      And I've seen many examples of abysmal wordwrapping... Me, I CBA changing it, and you really need initials to be used all the time to work properly, else stuff gets mis-attributed.
    • 1996 April 23, Derek James, “Re: Internet Software”, in demon.ip.support.win95‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-02, message-ID <[email protected]>:
      Each to their own eh Paul? Personally I like WS-FTP TEST version with just the two windows, and more importantly I CBA transferring over all the sites to anything new :o)
  2. (UK, slang) Initialism of can't be asked.

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Etymology

Initialism of English Chinese Basketball Association.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

CBA

  1. (sports) Chinese Basketball Association

Adjective

CBA

  1. (slang) A National Basketball Association player that is considered weak as if he is on the level of aformentioned Chinese Basketball Association.
    • 老大尽力了，队友CBA，你说他不行，你行你上啊！(The leader(i.e. Kobe Bryant) did his best, his teammates are on the level of CBA, you denigrate him as incapable, why don't you try in his place if you can fit?)

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