Korean slang profile
P&A
Assumption of assets and liabilities
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 자산·부채인수 (assumption of assets and liabilities) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 자산·부채인수자산·부채인수 (assumption of assets and liabilities)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Jun 23, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
금융구조조정 자료에서 P&A 방식의 뜻을 찾아봤다.
I looked up the meaning of the P&A method in financial restructuring materials.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “자산·부채인수” with “P&A”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and abbreviation in the 1998 article were compared. The spelling of the time is recorded; the full original-language form, the institution’s current name, and first use were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 빨라진 짝짓기… ‘슈퍼뱅크’ 곧 탄생 (서울신문)Published Jun 23, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026