Abbreviation for equipment; tools, machinery, or gear needed for a specific purpose or activity.
Modern written abbreviation of 'equipment,' from French équipement, derived from équiper (to equip), likely from Old Norse skipa (to arrange, put in order). The abbreviated form arose in the 20th century for brevity in technical and business writing.
Military and logistics professionals absolutely love abbreviations like 'eqpt' for saving time in requisitions and reports—but linguists find it fascinating because it shows how the written form of a language can diverge wildly from the spoken form in specialized communities.
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