BP

¹ American  

1. beautiful people; beautiful person.

2. See B.P..

3. blood pressure.

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bp. ² American  

abbreviation

1. baptized.

2. birthplace.

3. bishop.

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B/P ³ American  

Commerce.

1. bills payable.

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b.p. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Finance. basis point.

2. below proof.

3. Commerce. bills payable.

4. Physics, Chemistry. boiling point.

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B.P. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Pharmacy.

2. Bachelor of Philosophy.

3. Finance. basis point.

4. Archaeology. before (the) present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before a.d. 1950.

   between 2 and 3 million years B.P.;

   human groups living in cities by 5000 B.P.

5. Commerce. bills payable.

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bp ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (of alcoholic density) below proof

2. boiling point

3. bishop

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BP ² British  

abbreviation

1. blood pressure

2. British Pharmacopoeia

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Example Sentences

Some of the evidence dates back as far as 10,900 cal BP.

From Science Daily

Executives from BP and TotalEnergies didn’t attend the meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Repsol, along with BP and Shell, accused Venture Global of delaying commercial operations to sell gas at higher spot market prices.

From Barron's

The arbitration tribunal ruled in Venture Global’s favor against Repsol, but Venture Global lost a separate case against BP in October.

From Barron's

British energy majors BP and Shell did the same, with all three parties accusing Venture of intentionally delaying the start of commercial operations at Calcasieu Pass.

From Barron's