CBA may refer to:

Maths and science

* Casei

Bifidus ''Bifidobacterium'' is a genus of gram-positive, nonmotile, often branched anaerobic bacteria. They are ubiquitous inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract though strains have been isolated from the vagina and mouth ('' B. dentium'') of mammal ...

Acidophilus, a bacterium *

Colicin A colicin is a type of bacteriocin produced by and toxic to some strains of ''Escherichia coli''. Colicins are released into the environment to reduce competition from other bacterial strains. Colicins bind to outer membrane receptors, using them ...

, activity protein *

Complete Boolean algebra In mathematics, a complete Boolean algebra is a Boolean algebra in which every subset has a supremum (least upper bound). Complete Boolean algebras are used to construct Boolean-valued models of set theory in the theory of forcing. Every Boole ...

, a concept from mathematics * Cytometric Bead Array, a bead-based

immunoassay An immunoassay (IA) is a biochemical test that measures the presence or concentration of a macromolecule or a small molecule in a solution through the use of an antibody (usually) or an antigen (sometimes). The molecule detected by the immunoass ...

* Cell Based Assay, also a kind of

4-Carboxybenzaldehyde 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde (CBA) is an organic compound with the formula OCHC6H4CO2H. It consists of a benzene ring substituted with both an aldehyde and a carboxylic acid, with these functional groups on opposite corners of the ring. This compound i ...

, a byproduct in the industrial production of terephthalic acid *

Congenital bronchial atresia A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. The disabilities can r ...

, a rare congenital abnormality

Organizations

Academic

Catholic Biblical Association The Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) is an American learned society dedicated to the academic study of the Bible. The suggestion to form a permanent association of biblical scholars was made at the beginning of 1936 at a meeting in ...

Center for Bits and Atoms The Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) was established in 2001 in the MIT Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is currently run by Neil Gershenfeld. This cross-disciplinary center broadly looks at the intersection of informatio ...

, a research institution at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States * Christian Brothers Academy, schools run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, including: **

Christian Brothers Academy (New Jersey) Christian Brothers Academy (also known as CBA or "The Academy"), located in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey, is a private, all-boys preparatory school for grades nine to twelve, with a focus on Christian education. The s ...

, in Lincroft, New Jersey **

Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, New York) Christian Brothers Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory, junior and senior high school for boys founded in 1859 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers (See Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools). Christian Brothers Acade ...

Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, New York) Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) is a private Catholic college preparatory school in suburban Syracuse, New York run by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of ...

College of Business Administration (Saudi Arabia) The Institute of Business Administration was established in 2000 as a private institute for business and commerce studies. It became the College of Business Administration (CBA) in 2003. It is now known as the University of Business and Technolog ...

, private college in Saudi Arabia *

Corby Business Academy Corby Business Academy is a non-selective, co-educational state-funded secondary school in Corby, Northamptonshire, for the ages of 11–18 years. It is one of a group of Academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀ ...

, in Corby, England

Banks

Central Bank of Armenia The Central Bank of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Կենտրոնական Բանկ, translit=Hayastani Kentronakan Bank) is the central bank of Armenia with its headquarters in Yerevan. The CBA is an independent institution responsible for issu ...

Centrale Bank van Aruba The Central Bank of Aruba ( nl, Centrale Bank van Aruba) is the central bank in Aruba responsible for implementation of monetary policy of the Aruban florin. History The Centrale Bank van Aruba (the Bank) started its operations on January 1, 1 ...

, the central bank of Aruba *

Commercial Bank of Africa Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) was a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. CBA was licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator. ...

, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya *

Commercial Bank of Australia The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (CBA) was an Australian and New Zealand retail bank which operated from 1866 until being amalgamated with the Bank of New South Wales, that was established in 1817, to form the Westpac Banking Corporati ...

(1866–1982), merged into the Wales bank to form Westpac *

Commonwealth Bank The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), or CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom. It provides a variety of financial services including retail, b ...

of Australia

Professional and interest

California Bluegrass Association The California Bluegrass Association (CBA) is a California Non-Profit Corporation which was founded in 1975 in the San Francisco Bay Area bCarl Pagter The CBA is dedicated to the furtherance of Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Gospel Music in Californi ...

Cambridge Buddhist Association The Cambridge Buddhist Association was informally founded in 1957 when D.T. Suzuki moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts and befriended John and Elsie Mitchell, who ran a vast library of books on Buddhism and held zazen for various practitioners. The ...

Canadian Bankers Association The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA; french: Association des banquiers canadiens) is a trade association and lobby group representing Canadian banks. Its over 60 members include Canada's Big Five banks, smaller domestic banks, and Canadian subs ...

Canadian Bar Association The Canadian Bar Association (CBA), or Association du barreau canadien (ABC) in French, represents over 37,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers and law students from across Canada. History The Association's first Annual Meeting was he ...

CBA (Christian trade association) CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association), subtitled "The Association for Christian Retail since 1950", is a trade association that was established in 1950. History The association was first organized by 219 Christian booksto ...

, established in 1950 by bookstores *

Chicago Bar Association Founded in 1874, the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) is a voluntary bar association with over 20,000 members. Like other bar associations, it concerns itself with professional ethics, networking among members, and continuing legal education. It is ...

Chinese Benevolent Association The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) ( in the Western United States, Midwest, and Western Canada; 中華公所 (中华公所) ''zhōnghuá gōngsuǒ'' (Jyutping: zung1wa4 gung1so2) in the East) is a historical Chinese association ...

Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver The Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver () is a Chinese Canadian organization headquartered in Vancouver. As of 2006 it has 2,000 members and serves as a federation of various Vancouver-based Chinese organizations.< ...

* Christian Bowhunters of America *

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) is a representative body for public service broadcasters throughout the Commonwealth, founded in 1945. A not-for-profit non-government organisation, the CBA is funded by subscriptions from 102 mem ...

Consumer Bankers Association The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) is a U.S. trade organization representing financial institutions offering retail lending products and services. It was originally founded in 1919 as the National Morris Plan Bankers Association and changed i ...

, lobbying voice on retail banking issues in the United States *

Council for British Archaeology The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is an educational charity established in 1944 in the UK. It works to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and futu ...

Sports

* California Basketball Association, the original name the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...

Chinese Badminton Association Chinese Badminton Association () is a national non-governmental, non-profit sports organisation in China. It represents China in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) as well as the sport of badminton i ...

Chinese Baseball Association Chinese Baseball Association (Simplified Chinese:中国棒球协会) is a national non-governmental, non-profit sports organization in the People's Republic of China. It represents China in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the B ...

Chinese Basketball Alliance The Chinese Basketball Alliance (; CBA) was a men's professional basketball league in Taiwan that existed from 1995 to 1999. Also abbreviated as "CBA", the defunct organization based in Taiwan was distinct from the Chinese Basketball Association ...

, a professional men's league (1994 to 1999) in Taiwan *

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basi ...

, the pre-eminent professional men's basketball league in China *

Chinese Basketball Association (organisation) The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as CBA, is a national non-profit sports organisation in China. It represents China in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and FIBA Asia, as well as the sport of basketball in ...

, the national basketball association of China * Christian Bowhunters of America *

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

, a defunct professional men's basketball minor league in the United States *

Continental Basketball Association (1969–1974) The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) was an American semi-professional basketball league that operated from to . Founded in 1969, the league originally began from an idea to keep the football players from the Central States Football Lea ...

, defunct semi-pro basketball league in the United States * Continental Basketball Association, a defunct semi-professional men's league, renamed

Australian Basketball Association The Australian Basketball Association (ABA) was a semi-professional basketball entity based in Australia. The ABA was Australia's biggest basketball competition for many years. With over 120 teams participating across five leagues and six states ...

in 1999

Other organizations

CBA (food retail) CBA is a Hungarian supermarket chain with almost 5,200 stores. It operates in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. There were 134 stores in Bulgaria in February 2018. Most CBA stores ha ...

, a Hungarian food-retail network * Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio, the largest aluminium producer in Brazil *

CBA (AM) CBAM-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 106.1 MHz from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBAM broadcasts with a power of 69,500 watts. History The Canadian Rad ...

, former CBC Radio One AM station in Moncton, New Brunswick, now known as CBAM-FM * CBA-FM, the CBC Radio Two station in Moncton *

Central Anticorruption Bureau The Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA, pl, Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne) is a division of the Polish government, reporting to the Prime Minister of Poland, responsible for addressing corruption in Poland. Located in Warsaw, the CBA has been fu ...

of Poland *

Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center (Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish) is a multi-use performance centre located in the barrio of Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for pla ...

(), a multi-use performance centre in San Juan, Puerto Rico *

Círculo de Bellas Artes The Círculo de Bellas Artes is a private, non-profit, cultural organization that was founded in 1880. Its building, located in Madrid, Spain, was declared '' Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1981. The CBA is a major multidisciplinary centre with o ...

, a private, non-profit, cultural organization in Madrid, Spain * Brilliance China Automotive Holding Limited, a subsidiary of the Chinese

Brilliance Auto Group Huachen Automotive Group Holdings Co. Ltd., known for its brand name Brilliance Auto Group, was a Chinese multinational automobile manufacturer holding company headquartered in Shenyang. Its products include automobiles, microvans, and automotiv ...

, formerly listed with NYSE ticker symbol: CBA

Other uses

Celia Barquín Arozamena Celia Barquín Arozamena (6 July 1996 – 17 September 2018) was a Spanish amateur golfer. She won the 2018 European Ladies Amateur Championship. Career Barquín was born in Puente San Miguel and educated in Torrelavega and then in Madrid. Sh ...

(1996–2018), Spanish amateur golfer *

Chromatic button accordion A chromatic button accordion is a type of button accordion where the melody-side keyboard consists of rows of buttons arranged chromatically. The bass-side keyboard is usually the Stradella system or one of the various free-bass systems. Inc ...

Collective bargaining agreement A collective agreement, collective labour agreement (CLA) or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company (or with an ...

, a labor contract agreed upon between management and trade unions used in many businesses, including sports leagues such as: ** MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement, in baseball ** NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, in basketball ** NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, in American football **

NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement The NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is the basic contract between the National Hockey League (NHL) (32 team owners and NHL commissioner) and the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA), designed to be arrived at through the typical labour– ...

, in ice hockey **

MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement The MLS Players Association, also referred to as the MLSPA, is the union of professional Major League Soccer players. The MLS Players Association serves as the exclusive collective bargaining agreements representative for all current players in ...

, in soccer *

Community Benefits Agreement A community benefits agreement (CBA) in the United States is a contract signed by community groups and a real estate developer that requires the developer to provide specific amenities and/or mitigations to the local community or neighborhood. In ...

* ''Computed Buffer Adjustment'', a golf scoring adjustment for

handicapping Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which th ...

purposes *

Consensus-based assessment Consensus-based assessment expands on the common practice of consensus decision-making and the theoretical observation that expertise can be closely approximated by large numbers of novices or journeymen. It creates a method for determining measure ...

Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province a ...

, a city * Corpus-based approaches in linguistics research *

Cost–benefit analysis Cost–benefit analysis (CBA), sometimes also called benefit–cost analysis, is a systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives. It is used to determine options which provide the best approach to achieving benefits ...

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