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To be announced

To be announced (TBA) is a placeholder term used very broadly in event planning to indicate that although something is scheduled or expected to happen, a particular aspect of it remains to be fixed or set. Other versions of the term include to be confirmed (TBC) and to be determined, discussed, defined, decided, declared, or done (TBD).

"TBA" redirects here. For other uses, see TBA (disambiguation).

To be announced (TBA) or to be declared (TBD) – details may have been determined, but are not yet ready to be announced.

To be confirmed (TBC), to be resolved (TBR), or to be provided (TBP)[2] – details may have been determined and possibly announced, but are still subject to change prior to being finalized.

[1]

To be arranged, to be agreed (TBA), to be determined (TBD) or to be decided – the appropriateness, feasibility, location, etc. of a given event has not been decided.

[3]

These phrases are similar, but may be used for different degrees of indeterminacy:


Other similar phrases sometimes used to convey the same meaning, and using the same abbreviations, include "to be ascertained", "to be arranged", "to be adjudicated", and "to be done".


Use of the abbreviation "TBA" is formally reported in a reference work at least as early as 1955,[4] and "TBD" is similarly reported as early as 1967.[5]

Investment type[edit]

"TBA" (meaning "to be announced") is also used to describe a specific type of simple mortgage investment, the forward mortgage-backed security. This is used to indicate that the investor is acquiring some portion of a pending pool of as-yet unspecified mortgages, which will be specified at a given delivery date.[7] This usage has existed at least since the 1980s.[b]

sometimes ANO, Ann Other

A. N. Other

or NN

Nomen nescio

n/a

To be continued