Mtn.
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Mountain |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Geography & Places, Business & Finance |
| Also written | MTN |
Mtn. has two meanings. It stands for Mountain (geographic feature) or Medium-term note (bond & Fixed-Income).
Meanings of Mtn. at a glance
| # | Mtn. stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain | Geography & Places › Geographic Feature |
| 2 | Medium-term note | Business & Finance › Bond & Fixed-Income |
1. Mountain
Geography & Places · Geographic Feature Abbreviations
Abbreviation of Mountain when it follows a name, as in Stone Mtn. or Lookout Mtn., common on maps, trail signs and in place names. USPS uses MTN for the street suffix.
Example: The trail to the fire tower on Bald Mtn. climbs 1,200 feet in two miles.
Mt. normally precedes a name and Mtn. follows it, so Mt. Hood but Hood Mtn. would be different styles of naming. Mountain bikes are abbreviated MTB, and Mountain Time MT.
2. Medium-term note (MTN)
Business & Finance · Bond & Fixed-Income Abbreviations
Debt security issued continuously or in tranches under a pre-registered program, letting companies and banks sell notes of varying maturities, often 1 to 10 years, quickly as funding needs arise. Despite the name, maturities can be much longer.
Example: The utility tapped its MTN program for $300 million of seven-year notes.
MTN programs spread in the US in the 1980s after shelf registration rules made frequent issuance easier. In Europe, the equivalent is a Euro medium-term note (EMTN) program. Each issue under a program has its own pricing supplement setting the terms.
Related abbreviations
More geographic feature abbreviations
- Lat. – Latitude
- Long. – Longitude
- MSL – Mean sea level
- Mt. – Mount
- Mts. – Mountains
- NF – National Forest
- NHP – National Historical Park
- NHS – National Historic Site
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