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    B/o
    brought over.
  • b.o.
    b.o.
    abbreviation
    back order.
  • B.O.
    B.O.
    abbreviation
    Board of Ordnance.
  • B/O
    B/O
    abbreviation
    accounting brought over
  • BO
    BO
    abbreviation
    body odour
  • bo
    bo
    interjection
    an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game

B/o

1 American  
Accounting.
  1. brought over.


b.o. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. back order.

  2. box office.

  3. branch office.

  4. broker's order.

  5. buyer's option.


B.O. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Board of Ordnance.

  2. Informal. body odor.

  3. Theater. box office.


b.o. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. back order

  2. branch office

  3. broker's order

  4. buyer's option

"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

B/O 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. accounting brought over

  2. buyer's option

"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

BO 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. informal body odour

  2. box office

"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

bo 4 British  
/ bəʊ /

interjection

  1. an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game

  2. slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm

"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

bo 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Bolivia

"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

Example Sentences

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“Activity-based fee income can take several quarters to normalize following a market dislocation,” Sixth Street Specialty Lending Chief Executive Bo Stanley told analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Bo Lueders, guitarist and co-founder of the Chicago-based hardcore metal band Harm’s Way, has died, his bandmates announced “with heavy, broken hearts” Thursday on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Gloucester-Hartpury's Mia Venner and Loughborough Lightning's Bo Westcombe-Evans, both with two previous appearances for England, are other inexperienced wing options.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

"When a satellite image is presented as visual evidence in the context of war, it can easily influence how people interpret events," Bo Zhao, from the University of Washington, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

“We have no business going after Bo Yul-Bayur if Pekka Rollins is involved.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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