B2B

American  

[bee-tuh-bee] / ˈbi təˈbi /

Or B-to-B,

1. business-to-business (denoting business transactions over the internet).

   B2B websites.

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B2B British  

abbreviation

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

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Etymology

Origin of B2B

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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B2B

In the fourth quarter last year, real GDP rose at an annual rate of 0.5%, and B2B spending declined 2.2%, according to my calculations based on Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hugging Face ultimately decided to pivot to a "B2B" model, targeting professionals and businesses and built around access to AI models.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

“I believe Howie was ahead of the curve for what I think many other B2B SaaS companies need to do,” Samuel said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

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 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