| Acronym | Meaning |
| CED | CERCLA Enforcement Division (US EPA) |
| CED | Chief Executive Department (UK) |
| CED | Civil Engineering Department (Hong Kong) |
| CED | Coastal Engineering Division |
| CED | Commodity Economics Division |
| CED | Common European Defence |
| CED | Communauté Européenne de Défense |
| CED | Communications Engineering Division (AMSEC) |
| CED | Communications-Electronics Doctrine |
| CED | Compliance and Enforcement Division (various organizations) |
| CED | Comunidade Europeia de Defesa (Portuguese: European Defense Community) |
| CED | Comunitat Europea de Defensa |
| CED | Conseil Économique de la Défense (French: Economic Council of Defense) |
| CED | Construction Equipment Department |
| CED | Contingency Exercise Deployment |
| CED | Continued Engineering Development (US Air Force) |
| CED | Contract Expiration Date |
| CED | Control Electronics Drawer |
| CED | Cooperative Extension Division |
| CED | County Extension Director |
| CED | Covered Electronic Device (recycling) |
| CED | Criminal Enforcement Division |
| CED | Customs and Excise Department |