ATF

ATF

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for the French Southern Territories since 1979.

   Synonym: TF (alpha-2)

2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands from 1974 to 1979.

   Synonym: FQ (alpha-2)

The code was deprecated in favour of ATA (the code for Antarctica) in relation to Adélie Land, but retained in relation to the French Southern Territories, which refers to the remainder of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

ATF

1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
   • 2017 December 14, David Heath, Elise Hansen and AJ Willingham, CNN Design: Joyce Tseng, “How an ‘ugly,’ unwanted weapon became the most popular rifle in America”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     According to the ATF, gun makers began cranking out 2.4 million rifles annually in Obama’s first term – a 52 percent increase from the previous four years of the Bush administration.

   • 2022 July 19, Hannah Rabinowitz and Veronica Stracqualursi, “Steve Dettelbach sworn in to lead ATF after 7 years of acting directors”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     During Tuesday’s ceremony at the ATF headquarters, Dettelbach said being sworn in as the agency’s director is the “single greatest honor of my professional life” but also that it is “most certainly the greatest professional challenge of my life.”

ATF (countable and uncountable, plural ATFs)

1. (automotive) Initialism of automatic transmission fluid.
2. (aviation) Initialism of aviation turbine fuel; jet fuel
3. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of advanced tactical fighter.
4. (US, military, nautical) Initialism of auxiliary tugboat fleet; a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations

ATF

1. (law) As Trustee For

• AT
• BATF

• AFT, FAT, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, aft, aft-, fat, taf