| Acronym | Meaning |
| CBA | California Board of Accountancy |
| CBA | Capabilities-Based Assessment (US DoD) |
| CBA | Capability Based Analysis |
| CBA | Central Bank Accounting (IMF) |
| CBA | Central Borrowing Authority (Australia) |
| CBA | Central Business Activity |
| CBA | Central Business Area |
| CBA | Centrally Billed Accounts |
| CBA | Centralnego Biura Antykorupcyjnego (Polish: Central Anticorruption Bureau) |
| CBA | Chemical Blowing Agent |
| CBA | Chesapeake Bay Agreement |
| CBA | Cleared by Arrest (police reports) |
| CBA | Close Battle Area |
| CBA | Colorado Bar Association |
| CBA | Committee on Border Affairs (Vietnam) |
| CBA | Community Based Alternatives |
| CBA | Congressional Black Associates |
| CBA | Congressional Budget Act |
| CBA | Cost Benefit Assessment (UK) |