d.a

D.A.

1.
delayed action.
2.
direct action.
3.
District Attorney.
4.
documents against acceptance.
5.
documents for acceptance.
6.
doesn't answer; don't answer.
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D/A or d.a.
 
—abbreviation for
1.  deposit account
2.  commerce documents against acceptance
 
d.a. or d.a.
 
—abbreviation for

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Word Origin & History

D.A.
Amer.Eng., acronym for district attorney from 1934; for duck's ass haircut (or, as OED would have it, duck's arse), from 1951. So called for the shape of it at the back of the head.
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D.A.
duck's ass (hair style)
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