TPA may refer to:

Business and finance

Third-party access Third party access policies require owners of natural monopoly infrastructure facilities to grant access to those facilities to parties other than their own customers, usually competitors in the provision of the relevant services, on commercial ter ...

, a competition principle regarding natural resources *

Third-party administrator In the United States, a third-party administrator (TPA) is an organization that Insurance claims processing, processes insurance claims or certain aspects of employee benefit plans for a separate entity. It is also a term used to define organizatio ...

for processing insurance claims and retirement plans *

Tonne The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the s ...

s per annum * Tons per acre, wine grape production term for estimating yield

Law

Trade Practices Act 1974 The ''Competition and Consumer Act 2010'' (CCA) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia. Prior to 1 January 2011, it was known as the ''Trade Practices Act 1974'' (TPA). The Act is the legislative vehicle for competition law in Australia, an ...

, Australian competition law legislation * Trade Promotion Authority, a power of the US president

Organisations

* Political Union of Economists (), former Latvian political party *

TaxPayers' Alliance The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) is a pressure group in the United Kingdom which was formed in 2004 to campaign for a low-tax society. The group had about 18,000 registered supporters as of 2008 and claimed to have 55,000 by September 2010. Howeve ...

, a British free-market lobby group * Tempe Preparatory Academy, a preparatory secondary school in Arizona, U.S. * Texas Pharmacy Association, U.S. *

Theta Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha (), commonly known as Theta Phi, is a women's fraternity founded at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor on August 30, 1912. The main archive URL iThe Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage Theta Phi Alpha is one of 26 nation ...

a collegiate women's fraternity. Formerly known as TPA, now Theta Phi Alpha. *

Toronto Paramedic Association The Toronto Paramedic Association (TPA) was founded in 1992 to represent the interests of paramedics employed by Toronto Paramedic Services (TPS). During initial stages of development, membership consisted largely of Advanced Care Practitioners. ...

, Canada * Travelers Protective Association

Science and medicine

Terephthalic acid Terephthalic acid is an organic compound with formula C6H4(CO2H)2. This white solid is a commodity chemical, used principally as a precursor to the polyester PET, used to make clothing and plastic bottles. Several million tons are produced annuall ...

, an aromatic acid and monomer used in many plastics * Tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate), a tumor promoter drug *

Tissue plasminogen activator Tissue-type plasminogen activator, short name tPA, is a protein that facilitates the breakdown of blood clots. It acts as an enzyme to convert plasminogen into its active form plasmin, the major enzyme responsible for clot breakdown. It is a s ...

(tPA), a fibrinolytic enzyme in biochemistry and medicine *

Transpalatal arch A lingual arch is an orthodontic device which connects two molars in the upper or lower dental arch. The lower lingual arch (LLA) has an archwire adapted to the lingual side of the lower teeth. In the upper arch the archwire is usually connecting ...

, an orthodontic device *

Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (abbreviated TPMA or TPA) is an organic compound with the formula (C5H4NCH2)3N. It is a tertiary amine with three picolyl substituents. It is a white solid that is soluble in polar organic solvents. It is a ligand in ...

Two-photon absorption In atomic physics, two-photon absorption (TPA or 2PA), also called two-photon excitation or non-linear absorption, is the (almost) simultaneous Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorption of two photons of identical or different frequencie ...

Television

Televisão Pública de Angola Televisão Pública de Angola E.P. (Public Television of Angola) or TPA is the national broadcaster of the Southern African state of Angola. It operates two generalist television channels (TPA 1 and TPA 2) and a news channel (TPA Notícias). TPA ...

, the state-owned TV station in Angola * Televisión Pública Argentina, a television network in Argentina *

Television Programs of America Television Programs of America, Inc (TPA) was a New York-based United States, US television production company in the 1950s. TPA had a Canada, Canadian subsidiary, Normandie Productions. This television production and distribution company was be ...

, a television production company of the 1950s *

Televisión del Principado de Asturias Televisión del Principado de Asturias (Asturian language, Asturian: ''Televisión del Principáu d'Asturies'', English language, English: ''Television of the Principality of Asturias'') is the first channel from Radiotelevisión del Principado de ...

, broadcaster in Asturias, Spain

Transport

Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport is an international airport west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA)., effective May 15, 2025. The airp ...

, by IATA code *

Tanzania Ports Authority Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is a parastatal Government-owned corporation, public corporation acting under the aegis of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Tanzania, Ministry of Infrastructure Development, that has the responsibility ...

Toronto Parking Authority The Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), commonly known as Green P for its green-colour branding, is a municipal parking services company owned by the City of Toronto. The TPA was established in 1998 with the merger of parking operations in the area o ...

, Canada *

Toronto Port Authority The Toronto Port Authority (TPA), doing business as PortsToronto (PT), is a port authority that is responsible for the management of the Port of Toronto, including the International Marine Passenger Terminal, and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airpor ...

, Canada

Other

Taipei Assassins Taipei Assassins (TPA) was a Taiwanese professional ''League of Legends'' team. It competed in the Garena Premier League (GPL) and later the League of Legends Master Series, ''League of Legends'' Master Series. It won the League of Legends: Seas ...

, a Taiwanese esports team * Tennis Professional Association o
TPA
a member-based association devoted to growing the tennis coaching profession in Canada. *

Terapascal The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI). It is also used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus, and ultimate tensile strength. The unit, named after Blaise Pascal, is an SI co ...

(TPa), a unit of pressure or stiffness * '' Terminal Portuario de Arica'', an important port in northern Chile *

The Pinball Arcade ''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. The game is a simulated collection of 100 real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of mac ...

, a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios * Thermal Protective Aid, an aluminized polyethylene suit * Thickened pyrophoric agent, triethylaluminium used as an incendiary weapon * Third-party authentication, term usually applied to an app which enables a type of

multi-factor authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA; two-factor authentication, or 2FA) is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more distinct types of evidence ...

* TPA Tour, name for the US golf PGA Tour for a few months in 1981-82 * ''Trade Practices Act 1974'', the predecessor to the ''

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 The ''Competition and Consumer Act 2010'' (CCA) is an Act of parliament, Act of the Parliament of Australia. Prior to 1 January 2011, it was known as the ''Trade Practices Act 1974'' (TPA). The Act is the legislative vehicle for competition la ...

'', Australian legislation *

Transient program area CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/ 85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. CP/M is ...

, in a CP/M computer system