359 Other Considerations

359.1 Short–Ending Substitution

Substitute short endings on words.

 

Ending

Substitute

an

= n

er

= r

ial

= l

al

= l

ies

= s

es

= s

ed

= d

ing

= ng

tion

= tn

359.2 Last Word Abbreviations

If the last word of an address line is any of those listed below, first replace the word with the standard abbreviation. If additional compression is still required, remove the word or its standard abbreviation.

Note: This step can be applied only to address lines #6, 7, 8, and 9.

 

Word

Abbreviations

ADMINISTRATION

ADMN

AGENCY

AGCY

BRANCH

BRNCH, BR

CENTER

CTR

COMPANY

CO

CORPORATION

CORP

DIVISION

DIV

ENTERPRISE

ENTRPRS

GOVERNMENT

GOVT

GROUP

GRP

HEADQUARTERS

HDQTRS

INCORPORATED

INC

LABORATORY

LAB

LIMITED

LTD

MANAGEMENT

MGMT

MANUFACTURER, MANUFACTURING

MFR, MFG

MUNICIPAL

MNCPL

NATIONAL

NATL

PARTNERSHIP

PRTNRSHP

SYSTEM

SYS

359.3 Vowel Removal

It is recommended that vowels not be removed if the desired address data element compression can be obtained by first using standard word abbreviations.

From the right side of the address line, beginning with the rightmost word, remove vowels as necessary on a word–by–word basis to achieve desired compression. Leave the last vowel; if the first character of a word is a vowel, do not remove that character. It is also recommended that the vowels not be removed from the leftmost words.