Cerebral Vascular Accident. An event resulting in diminished or blocked blood flow to an area in the brain. Symptoms of CVA can include paralysis, loss of speech, unconsciousness, and death.

a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

cerebral vascular accident. An interruption of blood flow within the brain, commonly called a ‘stroke'.

CVA was the debut full-length album from Philadelphia, PA's Paint It Black. It features much shorter and arguably more aggressive songs than their follow-up album, Paradise, two and a half minutes shorter despite sporting three more tracks.

Cash Value Added. (ROTGA minus WACC) x Total Gross Assets (= Fixed assets (depreciable) at acquisition cost plus other assets (non depreciable) minus non-interest-bearing debt)

Chemical Vapour Aluminising is a process used to diffuse aluminum into the surface of a part to enhance temperature corrosion and oxidation resistence. (Chemical Vapor Aluminizing: US).

Customer Value Analysis. analysis of customer satisfaction within an organization as compared with a competing organization's customer satisfaction. CVA is used to determine profitable customer relationships, areas where the organization and competing organizations succeed /fail, the profitability per customer, the overall customer value of a firm and customer value for its competition, the value and cost of potential customers, and the cost of retaining customers. Gives a detailed picture of the organization's strengths and weaknesses, as well as customer expectations.

Canonical Variates Analysis. Multi-dimensional transformation for analysis of the separation between sample data points.

Conservation Volunteers Australia

Canadian Vocational Association.

The Central Visitation Authority, within the Florida Department of Corrections.

Abbreviation for: charted visual approach Fr: CVA

Company Voluntary Arrangement

Certificate of Validated Achievement

Clean Vessel Act