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• BP
  BP

  beautiful people; beautiful person.
• bp.
  bp.

  abbreviation

  baptized.
• B/P
  B/P

  bills payable.
• b.p.
  b.p.

  abbreviation

  basis point.
• B.P.
  B.P.

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Pharmacy.
• bp
  bp

  abbreviation

  (of alcoholic density) below proof

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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BP bp. b.p. B.P. bp

Of these, around 115 are company-owned and franchise-operated, BP said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Over recent decades, the oil supermajors like BP, Shell and TotalEnergies have been selling off their assets to smaller operators whose pockets are not as deep.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Continued volatility in energy prices could remain a source of trading opportunities for BP in the coming months, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Find insight on BP, Channel Infrastructure, and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

For some reason, talking about the food we’ll buy at the BP eases the pangs.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Council:—Cosmas, bp. of Maiume near Gaza,—and his pupil John Damascene;—together with Germanus, abp. of Constantinople:—are again all five with the Traditional Text.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

Dalberg, John of, bp. of Worms, 19, 20, 31, 271.

From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)

Courtenay, William, bp. of Hereford and London, abp.,

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

Peter des Roches, bp. of Winchester, 140, 142, 143, 149.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

Severus, bp. of Antioch, you also consider a “not unambiguous” witness.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

Smith, B. D. & Yarnell, R. A. Initial formation of an indigenous crop complex in eastern North America at 3800 b.p.

From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017

Figure 6 shows a slightly later ovum than Figure 5, seen from the dorsal side. b.p. is the blastopore.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

This stage is called the gastrula stage; ar. is the cavity of the gastrula, the archenteron; b.p. is its opening or blastopore.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free-speech advocacy group also known as FIRE, is helping the student, whose mother, identified as B.P. in the filing, is listed as the plaintiff representing her son.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2023

“He was so busy chasing imaginary ‘culture’ problems in B.P., he forgot his primary job,” the union wrote.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2022

M.M. and B.P. — plus grand jury and trial immunity orders for a fourth person identified as M.H.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

Did the Toba volcanic eruption of ~74 ka B.P. produce widespread glaciation?

From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2017

Scientists usually report C14 dates with their potential error, as in 3000 ± 150 B.P.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The five-year JGB yield is unchanged at 1.950%; 10-year yield is down 1 bp at 2.700%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The 10-year JGB yield is unchanged at 2.830% while the 30-year yield is up 1 bp at 4.085%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The five-year JGB yield is up 1 bp at 1.410%, while the 10-year JGB yield is unchanged at 2.640%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The 10-year JGB yield was last up 1.0 bp at 2.595%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Therefore the two sides eb, and bp, are equall: And by the same argument pi, iz, and ze, are equall.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William