Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation base on balls
- noun A pellet or ball, usually of steel coated with copper or nickel, that measures 7/40 of an inch (0.44 centimeter) in diameter, used in air rifles.
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- noun The
ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code forBarbados . - initialism Big Brother
- initialism Baseband. (electronics)
- initialism baseball A
walk ; thestatistic reporting the number of "bases on balls". - initialism Bye Bye
- initialism
Big Bang - initialism BlackBerry
- initialism
basketball - initialism
baseball - initialism
bareback - abbreviation
Bangka-Belitung , a province ofIndonesia . - abbreviation US, navy
battleship , a type of warship - noun A type of pellet which can be shot out of a gun-type "toy"; a
ball bearing .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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DP World, which is considered to be one of the healthiest companies controlled by troubled Dubai World, had its credit rating cut to BB from BB+ with a negative outlook.
P Downgrades DP World Maria Abi-Habib 2010
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Fitch Monday lowered Cemex's foreign currency issuer default rating to BB from BB+.
Cemex Plans Dollar Benchmark Bond Clare Connaghan 2009
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BB, with positive outlook, to BB+ with a positive outlook, Finance
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Fitch Ratings yesterday cut Egypt's bonds to BB, two steps below investment grade, from BB+, matching similar moves by other ratings companies.
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P. lowered Egypt's foreign currency long-term rating to BB from BB+, and local currency long-term and short-term ratings to BB+/B from BBB-/A-3.
NYT > Home Page By SARA HAMDAN 2011
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Egypt's long-term foreign currency sovereign rating, already junk status, was lowered to BB from BB+, S&P said.
Thestar.com - Home Page TAREK EL-TABLAWY 2011
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Egypt's long-term foreign currency sovereign rating, already junk status, was lowered to BB from BB+, S&P said.
SFGate: Top News Stories By The Associated Press 2011
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Fitch Ratings yesterday cut Egypt's bonds to BB, two steps below investment grade, from BB+, matching similar moves by other ratings companies.
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S&P lowered Egypt's long-term foreign currency sovereign rating to BB from BB+, and warned that another downgrade was possible within the next three months.
SFGate: Top News Stories By TAREK EL-TABLAWY 2011
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P. lowered Egypt's foreign currency long-term rating to BB from BB+, and local currency long-term and short-term ratings to BB+/B from BBB-/A-3.
NYT > Home Page By SARA HAMDAN 2011
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