bis
adverb
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B.I.S.
B.I.S.abbreviationBank for International Settlements.
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BIS
BISabbreviationBank for International Settlements: an institution, based in Basel, Switzerland, that accepts deposits, makes loans for national central banks, and assists in offsetting speculative movements of funds between the major currencies; set up in 1930
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B.I.S.
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Bank for International Settlements.
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British Information Services.
BIS
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Bank for International Settlements: an institution, based in Basel, Switzerland, that accepts deposits, makes loans for national central banks, and assists in offsetting speculative movements of funds between the major currencies; set up in 1930
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Bosnia-Herzegovina (international car registration)
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Etymology
Origin of bis1
1810–20; < Italian < Latin; OL duis twice
Origin of bis2
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin byssus byssus
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“This lexicon gives a humorous and precise overview of the most important words and phrases of politically correct newspeak,” the back cover of Klaus Rainer Röhl’s Politisch Korrekt von A bis Z from 1995 promises.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025
Cospito, 55, is an Italian anarchist who has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days to protest against being jailed under the strict "41 bis" isolation regime.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
For him, there is only the Zarathustran heroism of clawing from null bis eins, of escaping the herdlike mentality of das Mann for the freedom of the Übermensch.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2016
Manager of Recruitment Recruitment - Healthcare Ma… bis recruit. hampstead london. 35-36000.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2010
Is that why she shares bis pavihon now?
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The U.S. government’s ability to detect and prevent these types of hand-to-hand sales is limited: B.I.S. has only three enforcement agents stationed in China.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
U.S. banks hold $41.2 billion in debt or other exposure to Greece, like derivatives contracts, the B.I.S. said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2010
The E.C.B. has tightened its criteria for the collateral it accepts since the period covered by the B.I.S. statistics.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2010
The day after the B.I.S. report was issued, there was a rush of Arab petrodollars out of London and the pound fell to a record low, 25.9% below the Smithsonian-agreement level of 1971.
From Time Magazine Archive
The B.I.S. annual report added that it is "hard to discern how the U.S. authorities expect, by their own actions, to correct the balance of payments."
From Time Magazine Archive
In a notice in the Federal Register published Friday, BIS said the rule eliminates wind gust tolerance as a control parameter and removes national security licensing requirements for drones with capabilities lasting under three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The BIS, a consortium for global central banks based in Switzerland, has raised the alarm early about crises in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The risks here are heightened, according to the BIS, by what it calls the “opacity of AI-sector financing.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
The BIS report warns that a corporate credit freeze has the potential to be as disruptive as the global financial crisis of 2008 or the dash-for-cash crisis of March 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
"BIS," said I, "take my seat; I'll take a trip to the French camp."
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870 by Various
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