Société anonyme
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S.A. designates a particular type of corporation in various countries, mostly those employing civil law. Depending on language, the abbreviation stands for various phrases meaning anonymous society, anonymous company, anonymous partnership, or share company. The concept is roughly equivalent to that of the public limited company in the UK and some other countries. It can be differentiated from partnerships and private limited companies. S.A. can be an abbreviation of:
- Sociedad Anónima or Sociedad por Acciones in Spanish; variations include "S.A. de C.V." (Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable) and "S.A.B. de C.V." (Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable) for publicly traded companies in Mexico
- Mexico also has the form S. de R. L. de C.V., or in full Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada de Capital Variable
- Societat Anònima in Catalan
- Sociedade Anónima in Galician and European Portuguese (used in Portugal, Angola, Timor Leste, Macao, Mozambique and various other Portuguese-speaking countries)
- Sociedade Anônima in Brazilian Portuguese (used in Brazil)
- Sociedá Anónima in Asturian and Leonese
- Società Anonima in Italian (since 1942 Società per Azioni abbreviated "S.p.A.")
- Société Anonyme in French (as commonly used in French-speaking countries, such as France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Monaco; and in partially Francophone countries like Belgium, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, and various other African countries)
- Spółka Akcyjna in Polish
- Societate pe Acţiuni in Romanian
It is equivalent in both literal meaning and practical function to:
- Anonim Şirket (A.Ş.) in Turkish
- Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία (A.E., Anonymi Etaireia) in Greek
- Naamloze Vennootschap (N.V.) in Dutch
- Perseroan Terbatas Terbuka (P.T. Tbk.) in Indonesia
- Sendirian Berhad (Sdn. Bhd.) in Malaysia
It is equivalent in practical function to:
- Aktiengesellschaft (AG) in German
- Osakeyhtiö (Oy) in Finnish
- Aktiebolag (AB) in Swedish
- Akcinė Bendrovė (AB) in Lithuanian
- Aktieselskab (A/S) in Danish
- Aksjeselskap (AS) in Norwegian
- Akciová spoločnosť (a.s.) in Slovak
- Akciová společnost (a.s.) in Czech
- Акционерско друштво (АД, Aktsionersko drushtvo) in Macedonian
- Акционерное общество (АО, Aktsionernoye obshchestvo) in Russian
- Акціонерне товариство (АТ, Aktsionerne tovarystvo) in Ukrainian
- Акционерно дружество (АД, Aktsionerno druzhestvo) in Bulgarian
- Shoqëri Aksionare (Sh.a.) in Albanian
- Delniška družba (d.d.) in Slovene
- Dioničko društvo (d.d.) in Croatian
- Deoničarsko društvo (Деоничарско друштво) or Akcionarsko društvo (Акционарско друштво) (d.d. or a.d.) in Serbian
