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BP

1 American  
  1. beautiful people; beautiful person.

  2. See B.P..

  3. blood pressure.


bp. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. baptized.

  2. birthplace.

  3. bishop.


B/P 3 American  
Commerce.
  1. bills payable.


b.p. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Finance. basis point.

  2. below proof.

  3. Commerce. bills payable.

  4. Physics, Chemistry. boiling point.


B.P. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Pharmacy.

  2. Bachelor of Philosophy.

  3. Finance. basis point.

  4. Archaeology. before (the) present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before a.d. 1950.

    between 2 and 3 million years B.P.;

    human groups living in cities by 5000 B.P.

  5. Commerce. bills payable.


bp 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (of alcoholic density) below proof

  2. boiling point

  3. bishop

"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

BP 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. blood pressure

  2. British Pharmacopoeia

"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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Brands like BP and Exxon offer discounts such as 10 cents off a gallon on your first fill-up and up to 5 cents off each gallon after that.

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From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

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From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

She’s writing a gigantic list of everything we’re going to buy at the BP when we stop for the first time.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green