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XL or xl may stand for:
  • 40 (number)
    40 (number)
    40 is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41.Despite being related to the word "four" , 40 is spelled "forty", and not "fourty"...

     in Roman numerals


In business:
  • Extra large, a clothing size
  • XL Airways France
    XL Airways France
    XL Airways France is a French airline with its head offices on the grounds of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France. It operates scheduled flights mainly to long-haul destinations in Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean as well as charter flights to medium-haul destinations...

    , a French airline
  • XL Airways Germany, a German charter airline
  • XL Axiata, an Indonesian mobile phone network operator
  • XL Center, a civic center in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  • XL Group, a financial services company headquartered in Ireland with executive offices in Bermuda
  • XL Recordings
    XL Recordings
    XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

    , a British independent record label
  • XL Leisure Group
    XL Leisure Group
    The XL Leisure Group was a major tour operating company in the UK, consisting of charter and scheduled airlines, holiday companies and flight-only tour operators. It also has operations in France, Germany, Ireland, Australia and Cyprus...

    , a major United Kingdom tour operator, which ceased operations in 2008
    • XL Airways UK, a defunct British airline which was part of XL Leisure Group
  • LAN Ecuador
    LAN Ecuador
    LAN Ecuador is a subsidiary of LAN Airlines, based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It operates scheduled passenger services out of Guayaquil and to a lesser extent Quito using leased LAN aircraft.-History:LAN Ecuador was established in July 2002 and started operations on 28 April 2003...

    's IATA code
  • Excess-of-loss reinsurance, a particular non-proportional type of reinsurance contact


In science and technology:
  • XL, inductive reactance, a property of an inductor


In computers:
  • the XL series computers in the Atari 8-bit family
    Atari 8-bit family
    The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. All are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips...

     (including the 600XL, 800XL and 1200XL)
  • XL (programming language), a computer programming language designed to support concept programming
  • Weather Star XL
    Weather STAR XL
    Weather Star XL is the fifth system designed for The Weather Channel's local forecast. At its rollout in 1998, it came months after a major update to the channel's presentation. The Star XL was a major leap over the much older Weather Star 4000 system, featuring advanced capabilities such as...

     (also known as just XL), a computer used by The Weather Channel for local forecasts


In entertainment:
  • XL (eXplicit Language), a content descriptor used by XM Satellite Radio
    XM Satellite Radio
    XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...

  • XL, a character in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
    Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
    Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series produced by Walt Disney Television. The character is from the planet Zurtron. The series originally aired on UPN and ABC from October 2000 to January 2001 as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning...



Other:
  • North Texas Intermediate Sanctions Facility (TDCJ shorthand is "XL")