BRT

¹

Or brt

abbreviation

1. (used in digital communications) be right there.

B.R.T.

²

abbreviation

1. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

BRT

abbreviation

1. be right there

Word History and Origins

Origin of BRT¹

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

“B.R.T. is cost-effective, high quality, and will do the most in the shortest amount of time to build out our transit network without depending solely on New York State,” he said.

From New York Times

Like today, the state — in the form of the Public Service Commission — was largely responsible for the subway system, which, at the time, was run by two private lines, the B.R.T.

From New York Times

Mayor John F. Hylan, who as a young man had been fired as an engineer by a predecessor to the B.R.T., capitalized on the crash in his unrelenting campaign for public ownership of the subways.

From New York Times

He had been recruited as a scab motorman during a strike by locomotive engineers protesting the B.R.T.’s failure to follow the War Labor Board’s order to rehire 29 employees fired for their union activities.

From New York Times

“These rules, it seems, are enforced by a group of campus bureaucrats and campus police with the Orwellian name of the Bias Response Team, or B.R.T.,”

From New York Times