RSA - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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RSA

1. (art, UK) Initialism of Royal Society of Arts.
2. (South Africa) Initialism of Republic of South Africa.
3. (cryptography) Initialism of Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (“an encryption algorithm”).

RSA (countable and uncountable, plural RSAs)

1. (Australia, hospitality) Initialism of Responsible Service of Alcohol (a qualification and permit for bar staff).

   • 1999, Linda A. Jerris, Human Resources Management for Hospitality‎^[1], page 516:

     The Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) is more than just a training course. It is a complete system which includes training, testing, reporting and operational policy and procedures support.

   • 2007, Transitions Abroad, Volume 30, Issues 4-6, page 65,

     Note that it may be necessary to acquire a certificate, for example the RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) and/ or RCG (Responsible Conduct of Gambling) before being eligible for employment on licensed premises.

   • 2007, Peter Rix, Marketing: A Practical Approach‎^[2], page 3:

     Add in tighter RSA (responsible service of alcohol) and the need to control crowd behaviour, and you can see it′s a fine line we have to tread.

   • 2008, George Dunford, Matthew D. Firestone, Anthony Ham, The Big Trip: Your Ultimate Guide to Gap Years and Overseas Adventures, Lonely Planet, page 127:

     In Australia, for example, many employers require you to complete a Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) course, a six-hour course about when to stop serving customers who have had a little too much.

2. (aviation) Initialism of runway safety area.
3. (fishing) Initialism of recreational sea angler.
4. (transport) Initialism of road safety authority.

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RAS, RAs, Ras, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr, ras

RSA

1. Initialism of Republiek van Suid-Afrika.

RSA m (plural RSA)

1. (France) Initialism of revenu de solidarité active, a French social welfare benefit.