CBA may refer to:

Maths and science

* Casei Bifidus Acidophilus, a bacterium * Colicin, activity protein * Complete Boolean algebra, 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 immunoassay ...

* Cell Based Assay, also a kind of

* 4-Carboxybenzaldehyde, a byproduct in the industrial production of terephthalic acid * Congenital bronchial atresia, 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 information ...

, 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), 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 Aca ...

** Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, New York) * College of Business Administration (Saudi Arabia), private college in Saudi Arabia * Corby Business Academy, in Corby, England

Banks

Central Bank of Armenia The Central Bank of Armenia () is the central bank of Armenia with its headquarters in Yerevan. The CBA is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and ...

* Centrale Bank van Aruba, 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 regulato ...

, 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 it merged with the Bank of New South Wales, which was established in 1817, to form the Westpac Banking Corporation in ...

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

Commonwealth Bank The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), also known as Commonwealth Bank or simply CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It provides a variety of fi ...

of Australia

Professional and interest

* California Bluegrass Association * Cambridge Buddhist Association *

Canadian Bankers Association The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA; ) 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 subsidiaries of foreign banks. Founded in Mon ...

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 ...

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) is a historical Chinese association established in various parts of the United States and Canada with large Overseas Chinese communities. The association's clientele were Chinese immigrants ...

Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver The Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver (CBA) is a Chinese Canadian organization headquartered in Vancouver.Home
." Chines ...

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 ...

, Commonwealth of Nations * Consumer Bankers Association, 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 fut ...

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 o ...

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 in ...

* Chinese Baseball Association * Chinese Basketball Alliance, 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 men's professional 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 basis ...

, 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 FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and FIBA Asia, as well as the sport of basketbal ...

, the national basketball association of China *

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 Leag ...

, 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 competition in Australia. The competition had five leagues under its banner during the 2000s operating as conferences: South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL ...

in 1999

Other organizations

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

CBA (AM) CBAM-FM (106.1 MHz) is a public, non-commercial radio station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The studios and offices are at 165 Main Street, in a building known as ...

, 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, ) 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 functional since 24 July 2006, havi ...

of Poland * Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center (), 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 one ...

, a private, non-profit, cultural organization in Madrid, Spain * Brilliance China Automotive Holding Limited, a subsidiary of the Chinese Brilliance Auto Group, formerly listed with NYSE ticker symbol: CBA

Other uses

* Celia Barquín Arozamena (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. In ...

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 The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union representing all current Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players. All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held ...

, 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–ma ...

, in ice hockey ** MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement, in soccer * Community Benefits Agreement * ''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 t ...

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 an ...

, 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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