An aircraft carrier or helicopter carrier, especially a relatively small one with heavy armaments typically found on a cruiser.

(US, politics, journalism) Short for press availability.

(US, politics, journalism) An event at which a politician is made available for questioning by the media.

plural of avant-garde

(baseball) A statistic in baseball which equals the number of earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched.

Alternative form of Stratford-on-Avon

plural of average Joe

(US, informal) Alternative form of Joe Average (“typical average person”)

Hypothetically average or generic individual.

(finance) That counters the avoidance of paying tax.