b.o.

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abbreviation

back order.

box office.

branch office.

broker's order.

buyer's option.

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Other definitions for b.o. (2 of 3)

B/o

Accounting.

brought over.

Other definitions for b.o. (3 of 3)

B.O.

abbreviation

Board of Ordnance.

Informal. body odor.

Theater. box office.

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How to use b.o. in a sentence

At Michigan, he would be a formidable recruiter, able to evoke the tradition of his former iconic coach, Bo Schembechler.
Is Any College Football Coach Worth $60 Million? Jim Harbaugh Is|Jesse Lawrence|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To suspicious artists like Bo Diddley or Jimmy Rogers, it seemed a form of control, with the songs held as hostages.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters|Alex Belth|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Someone suggested a mashup: Sam- for Sam Battistone Sr. and –bo for Newell Bohnett.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved|Andrew Romano|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last April, Kishinets invited every Donetsk lover of a healthy lifestyle, as he put it, to do Tai Bo exercises in Lenin Square.
A Coffin Convoy to Russia|Anna Nemtsova|May 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I remember I told Brando once that he should do Othello and he said, “Bo-ring!”
Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOP|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In short, one of the three circuits (Bo Oc Cb) shows money circulating once out of bank.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Her husband always called her the Bo'sun's Mate in Camp, because it was her duty, among others, to pipe all hands to meals.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
A harem's a bo'd'n-house, I reck'n. Mos' likely dey has rackety times in de nussery.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
That leaf is a precious relic, for this is the sacred Bo tree, said to be at least two thousand years old!
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
Hyacinth (aside, What a bo-ar the fellar is; I wish he'd take himself off).
Frank Fairlegh|Frank E. Smedley

British Dictionary definitions for b.o. (1 of 5)

boh

/ (bəʊ) /

interjection

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

slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm

British Dictionary definitions for b.o. (2 of 5)

the internet domain name for

Bolivia

British Dictionary definitions for b.o. (3 of 5)

abbreviation for

informal body odour

box office

British Dictionary definitions for b.o. (4 of 5)

b.o.

abbreviation for

back order

branch office

broker's order

buyer's option

British Dictionary definitions for b.o. (5 of 5)

B/O

abbreviation for

accounting brought over

buyer's option

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