S.A. (corporation)
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| Sole proprietorship |
| Partnership (General · Limited · LLP) |
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| United States: |
| Business trust LLLP · Series LLC Delaware corporation Nevada corporation |
| European Economic Area, including European Union: |
| SE · SCE |
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| Limited company (By shares · By guarantee) (Public · Proprietary) Community interest company |
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| AB · AG · ANS · A/S · AS |
| K.K. · N.V. · OY · S.A. · GmbH |
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| De facto corporation and corporation by estoppel |
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- For the art organization see Société Anonyme (art)
S.A. generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law. This translates literally in all languages mentioned as anonymous company, anonymous partnership or share company and can be differentiated from partnerships and limited liability companies.
S.A. meaning "anonymous society/corporation" is the abbreviation of:
- Société anonyme in French
- Società anonima spA) in Italian Switzerland
- Societat Anònima in Catalan
- Spółka Akcyjna in Polish
- Sociedade Anónima in Portuguese (European); Sociedade Anônima (until 1991)
- Sociedad Anónima or Sociedad por Acciones in Spanish
It is equivalent in both literal meaning and practical function to:
- Naamloze Vennootschap (N.V.) in Dutch
- Anonymi Etairia (A.E.) or Ανώνυμη Εταιρία in Greek
- Anonim Şirket (A.Ş.) in Turkish
- Perseroan Terbatas (P.T.) in Indonesia
- Sendirian Berhad (Sdn.Bhd.) in Malaysia
It is equivalent in practical function to:
- Several different forms with terms derived from the German Aktiengesellschaft (AG), all literally meaning "share company" or "Company with Shares":
- Societate pe Acţiuni in Romanian, which somewhat confusingly abbreviates to S.A.
- Sociedade por Ações in Brazilian Portuguese; confusingly also abbreviates to S.A.
- Società per Azioni (S.p.A.) in Italian (sometimes transliterates as 'joint-stock corporation')
- Aktiebolag (AB) in Swedish
- Aktieselskab (A/S) in Danish
- Aksjeselskap (AS) in Norwegian (bokmål)
- Lutlag (LL) in Norwegian (nynorsk)
- Akcionarsko Društvo (A.D.) in Serbian
- Akciová společnost (a.s.) in Czech
- Dioničko društvo (d.d.) in Croatian
- Public limited company (Plc) in English (most commonly used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, less-known elsewhere).de:Société anonyme
el:Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία es:Sociedad anónima fr:Société anonyme it:Società anonima nl:Naamloze vennootschap pl:Spółka akcyjna tr:Anonim Şirket
