Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Bachelor of Pharmacy
  • abbreviation Bachelor of Philosophy
  • abbreviation basis point
  • abbreviation Baseball batting practice
  • abbreviation before present (in radiocarbon dating, before 1950)
  • abbreviation bills payable
  • abbreviation birthplace
  • abbreviation blood pressure
  • abbreviation boiling point

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism Abbreviation for British Petroleum.
  • initialism pharmacy Abbreviation for British Pharmacopoeia.
  • initialism Abbreviation for blood pressure.
  • initialism Abbreviation for boiling point.
  • initialism Abbreviation for before present.
  • initialism Abbreviation for bipolar.
  • initialism biochemistry Abbreviation for base pair.
  • initialism Abbreviation for Brazilian Portuguese.

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Examples

  • BP (NYSE: BP) plans to lower a dome to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as oil sheen was confirmed on land for the first time, officials for the company hope to have the dome operational by the beginning of next week

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • Portugal and Spain •The euro (NYSE: FXE) fell to a 14-month low against the dollar on Thursday, to as low as $1.2510, amid pessimism over Greeces debt •The SEC is investigating Thursdays historic market plunge of nearly 1000 points that may have resulted from trading glitches that caused the NASDAQ to cancel trades that had huge temporary moves •BP (NYSE: BP) plans to lower

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • & individually supported: wp. me FACEBOOK: www. facebook.com Twitter: twitter. com Bp, BP

    WN.com - Articles related to Obama criticizes BP's CEO 2010

  • Reid's new spot slams Angle on the oil spill in the Gulf, charging that she wants to abolish the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency; it also seizes on remarks Angle made last month in which she called the BP escrow account a "slush fund."

    Obama rallies Michael Bennet supporters as Colorado Democratic primary tightens 2010

  • Lets see how his BP is after he finds out Clinton will get all and not half of the votes counted in Florida and Michigan.

    Doctor: Obama in 'excellent health' 2008

  • Now, at the White House, Obama said he will tell the chairman of the British-based oil company that it must set aside "whatever resources are required" to compensate the Gulf Coast people whose lives have been upended because of what he called BP's recklessness.

    WTVM - 1- WTVM Home 2010

  • Now, at the White House, Obama said he will tell the chairman of the British-based oil company that it must set aside "whatever resources are required" to compensate the Gulf Coast people whose lives have been upended because of what he called BP's recklessness.

    Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND 2010

  • Now, at the White House, Obama said he will tell the chairman of the British-based oil company that it must set aside "whatever resources are required" to compensate the Gulf Coast people whose lives have been upended because of what he called BP's recklessness.

    News for WSLS 10 2010

  • Now, at the White House, Obama said he will tell the chairman of the British-based oil company that it must set aside "whatever resources are required" to compensate the Gulf Coast people whose lives have been upended because of what he called BP's recklessness.

    KJCT8.com - Local News 2010

  • "This is the first new technology that we've taken from concept all the way to deployment," said Raymond Butler, who runs what he calls BP's skunk works, a team of engineers who were given free rein by the oil giant to build something - anything - to ease the nightmare of the nation's worst oil spill.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

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