Business and Economics
- Earned Value Analysis, a measurement of project progress
- Economic value added, the value of an activity that is left over after subtracting from it the cost of executing that activity, including the opportunity cost of capital
- EVA Air, a Taiwan-based airline
- English Volleyball Association, the former name of the controlling body for volleyball in England
- Electronic Voice Alert, a Voice Synthesizer made by the Chrysler Corporation for automobiles in the mid eighties.
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