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bf

1 American  
[bee-ef] / ˈbiˈɛf /

abbreviation

  1. best friend.

  2. Printing. null b.f. boldface.

  3. boyfriend.


BF 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Black female.


bf. 3 American  

abbreviation

Law.
  1. brief.


B/F 4 American  
Accounting.
  1. brought forward.


B.F. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Finance.

  2. Bachelor of Forestry.


B/F 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. brought forward

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bf 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Burkina Faso

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Its creator, Jonathan Badeen, was partly inspired by studying the 1940s experiments of psychologist BF Skinner, who conditioned hungry pigeons to believe that food delivered randomly into a tray was prompted by their movements.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025

BF Borgers’ time with Trump Media was brief.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

The SEC found that BF Borgers’ shortcuts included copying audit documentation from a previous year, changing relevant dates and then passing it off as current documentation.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

The regulator held BF Borgers and its owner, Benjamin F. Borger, responsible for “deliberate and systemic failures” to comply with accounting rules.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

“I think I broke him,” BF said to Ayanna.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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