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B2B

American  
[bee-tuh-bee] / ˈbi təˈbi /
Or B-to-B,
  1. business-to-business (denoting business transactions over the internet).

    B2B websites.


B2B British  

abbreviation

  1. business-to-business; denoting trade between commercial organizations rather than between businesses and private customers Compare B2C B2E

"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

Etymology

Origin of B2B

First recorded in 1990–95

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He says the move shows Shopify wants to reinvest in the partner channel, “particularly as the company pushes further upmarket and competes for more complex merchant implementations across Plus, POS, and B2B use cases.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The B2B live-events sector remains fragmented, presenting an opportunity for private-equity firms or other would-be consolidators.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

“I am not running away,” said Federico Ferraro, co-founder of Quiqup, a B2B platform that helps provide logistics for e-commerce businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

He also co-headlined an hour-long B2B with Night 1 Dreamstate headliner Gareth Emery early Sunday morning, as the top-billed act for the festival’s afterparty in the Grand Salon of the iconic Queen Mary.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

The construction might have been performed in the elevation by making A2A = A0A1 and B2B = B0B1 on lines perpendicular to A2B2.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

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