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AmericanAmerican term or expression BritishBritish equivalent, or explanation
icebox fridge, refrigerator
ice-cream cone cornet
in the cards [colloq.] (likely or probable) on the cards [colloq.]  
in back, in back of (behind) at the back, at the back of
in the hospital (hospitalized) in hospital
in the sack [colloq.] in bed
inbox in tray
Inc. (Incorporated) Ltd. (Abbreviation for 'Limited'.
         Ltd. company owners have limited personal
         liability in the event of bankruptcy.)
income (in accounting) profit
income statement (in accounting) profit and loss account
independent clause  (grammar) main clause
India ink Indian ink
industrial park industrial estate, trading estate
infeasible, infeasibility unfeasible, unfeasibility
infirmary sickroom at US school, college, prison, etc.
inn small, rural area hotel; sometimes a bar  
inseam (length of inside seam on pair of pants) inside leg
installment plan purchase hire purchase, HP
instant replay action replay
interchange highway junction with level separation
intermission (break during theater performance)   interval  
intern (new hospital doctor gaining on-the-job 
           experience and still undergoing training)
houseman  
intersection   crossroad, crossroads, junction
interstate, interstate highway trunk road or motorway linking major U.S. cities
inventories (goods available for delivery) stocks
IPO, initial public offering flotation
Italian dressing French dressing
Italian ice water ice, sorbet
Ivy League America's most reputable universities, all located in the northeast: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale (compare Britain's Oxbridge).