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  • b.v.
    b.v.
    abbreviation
    book value.
  • B.V.
    B.V.
    abbreviation
    Blessed Virgin.
  • BV
    BV
    abbreviation
    Beata Virgo
  • bv
    bv
    abbreviation
    Bouvet Island

b.v.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. book value.


B.V. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Blessed Virgin.


B.V. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. farewell.


BV 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Beata Virgo

  2. bene vale

"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

bv 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Bouvet Island

"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

Etymology

Origin of B.V.2

From Latin Beāta Virgō

Origin of B.V.3

From Latin bene valē

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Eurail B.V., a company that sells European rail passes, has a list of many anticipated disruptions by country.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2023

“Until supplies are restored in the world market, prices will not come down to normal levels,” said B.V.

From Reuters Jun. 15, 2022

Uber B.V., a Netherlands subsidiary of San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc., admitted breaching Australian Consumer Law by making false or misleading statements in its app, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2022

Other investors, including BDT Capital Partners, joined JAB B.V., the company’s investment vehicle, in investing in Panera.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2017

Item received from Mary Ecton for her board on the feast of the Purification of the B.V. then owing vj s.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

The merger with Surfshark has positioned Cyberspace BV as one of the largest global VPN providers.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2025

"This research enhances our understanding of BV and offers promising insights that may help to guide treatment approaches in more persistent cases," said a spokesperson.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2025

The researchers evaluated the fairness of machine learning in diagnosing bacterial vaginosis, or BV, a common condition affecting women of reproductive age, which has clear diagnostic differences among ethnic groups.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2023

Lucara Diamond said on Thursday it had ended its agreement with HB Trading BV, a unit of HB Antwerp, following what it called "a material breach of financial commitments by HB".

From Reuters Sep. 28, 2023

But as VC is to CD so is BV to DS.

From Treatise on Light by Huygens, Christiaan

The same contract has been the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in Miami looking into, among other things, whether Rivera failed to register as a foreign lobbyist as required bv law.

From Seattle Times Aug. 20, 2022

I declared that bv the time I am 100 years old the United States will again be wet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the terms of the pending merger of Corrigan, McKinney with Republic Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs will bv a devious corporate route receive large blocks of Republic stock, of which it already holds more than 100,000 shares.

From Time Magazine Archive

The planes, with a longer range, better radar and a more effective fire-control system than earlier MIG-21s flown bv Eevotians. are based at Cairo West, Beni Suef, Aswan, Mansura and Inshahs.

From Time Magazine Archive

“They are moved around bv the wind. They’re all gone now.”

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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