Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Future Teachers of America
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- initialism economics Free Trade Agreement
- initialism Failure to Appear
- initialism From The Article (used in Internet message boards when quoting articles)
- initialism Forgot to Add
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Examples
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FTA is short for failure to appear for a court date.
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McCain's stance on the Colombia FTA is a disgrace. jarais
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McCain's stance on the Colombia FTA is a disgrace. jarais
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The important point about the FTA is the positive effect that will come from the dynamics of the adjustment process, as painful as some of this may be for some companies, some industries, some regions over the next few years.
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Here we are showing the evolution of our FT% and what I call FTA RK: instead of graphing free throws attempted, I'm simply calculating the FTA/FGA relation, to account for the differences in pace.
Pounding The Rock 2009
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FTA is a fascinating subject which definitely has religious implications (as the Big Bang theory does and did).
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The FTA is important for Colombia in several respects, by providing:
Colombia-E.U. Trade Makes New Advance Oxford Analytica 2010
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Likewise, the Colombian elite like to talk about how the FTA is going to make Colombia prosperous, when in reality the elite and multinationals will prosper while millions of small-scale farmers will lose their livelihoods.
In Colombia, McCain Sees Progress Against Drug Shipments - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Going FTA is a definite no-no in the criminal justice system, but that doesn't usually stop people from doing it.
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But I'm convinced that by the end of the decade, when the FTA is fully phased in, it won't be much of an issue at all.
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