bc

¹

abbreviation

1. Music.,  basso continuo.

2. blind copy: used as a notation on the copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge. Also

BC

²

abbreviation

1. Scuba Diving.,  buoyancy compensator.

2. British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).

B/C

³

1. bills for collection.

b.c.

⁴

Or B.C.

abbreviation

1. before Christ (used in indicating dates).

B.C.

⁵

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Chemistry.

2. Bachelor of Commerce.

3. bass clarinet.

4. battery commander.

5. British Columbia.

BC

abbreviation

1. Also: B.C.. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ Compare AD

   in 54 bc Caesar came

2. British Columbia

Usage

The abbreviation b.c. “before Christ” is always placed after a date or century: Cleopatra lived from 69 to 30 b.c. The war took place in the first century b.c. See also a.d. ¹

Example Sentences

This proved such a hit—Wall Street would buy your loans, even if you would not!—that a new company, called B&C mortgage, was founded to do nothing but originate and sell.

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Lehman Brothers thought that was such a great idea that they bought B&C mortgage.

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"Lastly, we always have Plan B, C and D. The goal is never to cancel a single service or destination. If a train can't run, we combine trains and buses."

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“Howdy is by far the lowest priced ad-free service offered by a major company in the U.S.,” said Brahm Eiley, president at Victoria, B.C.-based the Convergence Research Group in an email.

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They were referred to in court as Females B, C, D, E, F, G, H. Five of the women looked completely unconscious in the videos.

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