ISBN

American

[ahy-es-bee-en, iz-bin] / ˈaɪˈɛsˈbiˈɛn, ˈɪzˌbɪn /

noun

International Standard Book Number: a unique, internationally used number code assigned to books for the purposes of identification and inventory control.

ISBN British

abbreviation

International Standard Book Number

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plural

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