B/o
brought over.
B/o
1 AmericanAccounting.
b.o.
2
American
abbreviation
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back order.
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box office.
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branch office.
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broker's order.
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buyer's option.
B.O.
3
American
abbreviation
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Board of Ordnance.
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Informal. body odor.
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Theater. box office.
b.o.
1
British
abbreviation
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back order
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branch office
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broker's order
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buyer's option
B/O
2
British
abbreviation
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accounting brought over
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buyer's option
BO
3
British
abbreviation
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informal body odour
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box office
bo
4
British
/ bəʊ /
interjection
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an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game
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slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm
bo
5
British
abbreviation
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And the new entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, has, in Variety's cheery phrase, "slashed its way into b.o. history."
From Time Magazine Archive
Lucas, who will turn 58 two days before the movie opens, is given to fretting; he even worried that Phantom Menace would tank at the b.o.
From Time Magazine Archive
When you sacked Rome with the Visigoths, you could smell the smoky scent of the burning city as well as the barbarians’ b.o.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
“I’m going to miss B.O. for sure, playing with him, his attitude, his love for the game,” Jefferson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
Clay Cromwell was concerned with B.O. this week, but it had nothing to do with personal hygiene.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
And by good mood I mean he accused the entire press room of having B.O.:
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 11, 2019
Add experience to the mix, and you can see why stinky cheese may remind one person of a romantic trip to Paris and another of B.O.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2014
B.O. didn't go forward or through the woods to the headlands, or he'd ha' been seen, B.O. didn't go down to the shore, or he'd ha' been seen.
From Scarhaven Keep by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
A Trust Bank worker interviewed by Reuters said that B/O stood for "by order of" and WDL stood for "withdrawal".
From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2017
Recently, researchers from Japan developed a novel constrained BO scheme that combines several prediction models to restrict suggested deposition conditions to realistic values.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
"What happened in Ukraine happened at the same time as the crisis in this country got worse," said Ouedraogo, who runs the BO Foundation in Burkina Faso.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2022
While the armpit microbiome consists of various types of bacteria, it is dominated in part by Corynebacterium and Staphylococcus species, which are also key contributors to body odor, or BO.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2021
He added that Bezos “needs to run BO full-time for it to be successful. Frankly, I hope he does.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
Manny pushes past him and into the room, bringing his post-basketball practice BO with him.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
It also helps that the property is just a tad weird, says Major, who admits he dressed up as the bo staff-wielding brains of the operation, Donatello, as a kid for Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
When it comes to bo ssam, many home cooks might think of chef David Chang’s dry-brined hunk of pork shoulder, roasted for six hours until tender, then lacquered in a caramelly crust of brown sugar.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020
Writer Jantje Friese and director Baran bo Odar had always planned to make three seasons.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2020
You could be eating bo ssäm for Friendsgiving.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2019
Why did Gotama once sit down beneath the bo tree in his greatest hour when he received enlightenment?
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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