EOD
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | End of day |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Business & Finance, Military |
EOD has two meanings. It stands for End of day (management & strategy) or Explosive ordnance disposal (military term).
Meanings of EOD at a glance
| # | EOD stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | End of day | Business & Finance › Management & Strategy |
| 2 | Explosive ordnance disposal | Military › Military Term |
1. End of day
Business & Finance · Management & Strategy Abbreviations · also used in general use
Deadline meaning by the close of the current working day, typically around 5 p.m. local time, though some people read it as midnight. It ranks among the most frequent abbreviations in workplace email, chat and project trackers.
Example: Can you send the revised deck by EOD so I can review it before tomorrow's client call?
Ambiguity is the main risk: with colleagues in different time zones, "EOD" is best paired with a time and zone, such as "EOD Pacific." In trading and banking systems, EOD also refers to end-of-day processing, when positions are valued, interest is accrued and batch jobs run. COB (close of business) means much the same thing.
2. Explosive ordnance disposal
Military · Military Term Abbreviations
Detection, identification, rendering safe and disposal of bombs, IEDs, unexploded ordnance and other explosive hazards, and the specialists who perform it. Every US service has EOD technicians, including the Navy's EOD rating.
Example: EOD used a robot to inspect the suspicious package outside the gate.
Army EOD specialists hold the MOS 89D. Training includes the joint Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The 2008 film The Hurt Locker portrayed an Army EOD team in Iraq. Technicians wear a badge featuring a bomb and lightning bolts, nicknamed the "crab."
Related abbreviations
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- DRI – Directly responsible individual
- EGM – Extraordinary general meeting
- ELT – Executive leadership team
- EOB – End of business
- EOI – Expression of interest
- EOM – End of month
- EOW – End of week
- EOY – End of year
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