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    Br
    bromine.
  • BR
    BR
    abbreviation
  • br.
    br.
    abbreviation
    bedroom.
  • Br.
    Br.
    abbreviation
    brick.
  • b.r.
    b.r.
    abbreviation
    bills receivable.
  • br
    br
    abbreviation
    brother
  • B/R
    B/R
    abbreviation
    bills receivable

Br

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. bromine.


BR 2 American  

abbreviation

Real Estate.
  1. bedroom.


br. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. bedroom.

  2. branch.

  3. brass.

  4. brig.

  5. bronze.

  6. brother.

  7. brown.


Br. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. brick.

  2. Britain.

  3. British.


b.r. 5 American  
Or B.R.,

abbreviation

Commerce.
  1. bills receivable.


br 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. brother

  2. Also: B/R. bills receivable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

abbreviation

  1. Brazil

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
BR 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. British Rail

  2. Brazil (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Br 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in a religious order) Brother

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. bromine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Br. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Britain

  2. British

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

B/R 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. bills receivable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Still, in a recent letter to Baker, Br.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

They need simple things, especially for the children,' Br Pantalaimon says.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2020

HClO3 is stronger than HBrO3; Cl is more electronegative than Br.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Guedes is a banker and a major stockholder at company Br Investments, which owns several companies in retail.

From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2018

This text proves that in the ideogram Br.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon

In my BR period, I also expected to fill my early retirement with home-improvement tasks, doing history-research projects, volunteering and learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Due to an interplay between hydrodynamics and ring topology, the BR molecules tumble around the gradient direction, which is perpendicular to the vorticity and flow axes.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

“Neither Hauser nor the Defendants asked or received permission or authorization of Sheridan or Bosque Ranch to use a mark confusingly similar to the BR Brand for virtually identical goods,” the complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Before and after footage of the Wednesday interview compiled on Twitter show Mr. Macron with and without his customized Bell & Ross BR V1-92 watch, which can cost over $3,500 without customization.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

Jesse ran his forefinger around the heart with two pairs of initials, BR + SK, trying to figure out whose desk he had inherited.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

Lower Columbia mainstem from the I-5 Br. downstream – 7 boats and 27 bank anglers were counted during last Saturday’s effort flight count.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2017

From the Fr. bouter, Teut. buitten, or Belg. botten, to drive or propel forward, or, as others suggest, from the Br. pwtiaw, which has the same meaning, or Isl. potta.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

B. and Br. have written to you that the sixth performance of your "Lohengrin" has been, comparatively speaking, a satisfactory one.

From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 by Francis Hueffer

Br. and I dismounted and walked down; the road cut out of the steep wooded hills; on the shady side trickling with water and delicious with moss, primroses, and violets among the sere chestnuts.

From The Spirit of Rome by Vernon Lee

All the grass was of one kind, a new species of Panicum related to P. effusum R. Br.* and not a spike of it was left in the soil over the whole of the ground.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell

A telephone number for him could not br located Saturday and it wasn’t known if he’s retained an attorney.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017

This could br resolved by addressing two tinder boxes simulaneusly.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2017

A good place to start is with the Association Nationale des Iconographes, but book your slot early, and you’ll automatically br entered for the Prix Ani-PixPalace.

From Time ● Aug. 26, 2016

MIKE: I think all that happened there was that he was anticipating the "br" sound in brightest and used it in best.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2012

The single gill-plume br lies to the left of the median line in natural position.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

On Monday, Bleacher Report released its list of the “top 100 NBA players ever,” based on a compilation of rankings from a “legion of B/R NBA experts, writers and editors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

The all-English final on Saturday between Liverpool and Tottenham on TNT concludes the first season of B/R Football, whose main property was the Champions League.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2019

TNT will be doing the game from Birmingham next Saturday afternoon, but the next eight weeks it will be streamed on B/R Live.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2019

In addition to a deal to place some of its games on the NFL Network, the A.A.F. has agreements with CBS Sports’s networks, TNT and Turner’s B/R Live streaming service.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2019

In an interview with the Sports Business Journal, Turner president David Levy said there were 750,000 unique video views logged, and 55 million minutes consumed on B/R Live for "The Match."

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 27, 2018

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