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

The former chief executive of British oil company BP BP 0.71%increase; green up pointing triangle is jumping into the American artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal

The executive headed BP from 2020 to 2023, helping shepherd similarly large projects worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the European markets, BP led the surge with a gain of 22.3 percent in the one-month period from February 27 -- the last trading day before strikes were launched -- to March 27.

From Barron's

The two-year JGB yield is unchanged at 1.305%; the 40-year yield is up 1 bp at 3.730%.

From The Wall Street Journal

In London, Shell drops 1.6% while BP falls 0.8% and Harbour Energy slides nearly 3.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal