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  • B.R.E.
    B.R.E.
    abbreviation
    Bachelor of Religious Education.
  • BRE
    BRE
    abbreviation
    Building Research Establishment

B.R.E.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Religious Education.


BRE British  

abbreviation

  1. Building Research Establishment

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What we need is a new type of research organization with tax advantages and the ability to incur losses—call it a Basic Research Entity, or BRE.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 19, 2025

Intellectual property would be held in the BRE.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 19, 2025

The government’s expert adviser, the Building Research Establishment was privatised in 1997 becoming BRE, a private company.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2024

However, the government-commissioned cost benefit analysis from experts BRE Global found that between 2013 and 2022 the cost per life saved of the sprinklers policy would be £6.7m.

From BBC May 30, 2012

Getin Holding SA, the Polish financial- services group controlled by billionaire Leszek Czarnecki, soared 4.8 percent to 8.49 zloty and BRE Bank SA, a unit of Commerzbank AG, increased 3.1 percent to 241.2 zloty.

From BusinessWeek Sep. 6, 2011

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