PSA

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PSA is a three letter acronym which may stand for:

• Public service announcement, a non-commercial advertisement, broadcast for the public good
• Public Services Association, a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago
• Public Servants Association of South Africa, a trade union in South Africa
• New Zealand Public Service Association, a large union for workers in the public sector of New Zealand
• Production sharing agreement, an agreement used to determine a company's share of natural resources extracted from a country
• Professional Squash Association, the governing body for the men's professional squash circuit
• Public Securities Association, the former name of the Bond Market Association
  • PSA prepayment model, a prepayment model developed by the Public Securities Association
• Premier Soccer Alliance, the original name of the World Indoor Soccer League
• "PSA", the planned title of the song and single "Bad Day" by R.E.M.

In transport:

• PSA Peugeot Citroën, a French company which manufactures Peugeot and Citroën cars
• Pacific Southwest Airlines, a former United States airline that flew passenger services in some Western states during the 1970s and early 1980s
• PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of US Airways Group
• PSA International, a port operator based in Singapore and an abbreviation for the now defunct Port of Singapore Authority

In science and medicine:

• Patient Safety Authority, a Pennsylvania state agency and Patient safety organization
• Persistent sexual arousal syndrome, a spontaneous and persistent genital arousal
• Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, a professional organisation of Australian pharmacists
• Pressure swing adsorption, a special method for purifying gases
• Pressure sensitive adhesive, adhesive that is activated by pressure
• Prostate specific antigen, a substance that can be detected in the blood of men and which helps to determine if there may be a prostate cancer
• Polar surface area, the surface sum over of polar atoms, e.g. oxygen, nitrogen, etc
• Prefixed Save Area, a common area of virtual storage from address zero through 8191 in every address space

In education and academia:

• Pacific Sociological Association, the professional association of sociologists in the Pacific Region of North America
• Philosophy of Science Association, an academic organization which promotes further studies and free discussion from diverse standpoints in the field of philosophy of science
• Political Studies Association, a hungry academic association in the UK
• Public Schools Association, an association of seven independent schools in Perth, Western Australia
• Peel Summer Academy, a Mississauga based overnight camp