Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards > 3 Business Addressing Standards > 35 Address Data Element Compression Guidelines > 359 Other Considerations
Substitute short endings on words.
Ending
Substitute
an
= n
er
= r
ial
= l
al
ies
= s
es
ed
= d
ing
= ng
tion
= tn
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
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.
