OBO

American  

Or obo

abbreviation

1. or best offer: (used in an ad for something being sold, usually after citing the asking price, to say that the seller will consider accepting a lower price for the item).

   Used bike, together with panniers and water bottle, $200 OBO.

   All items at the garage sale are obo.

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Etymology

Origin of OBO

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

One is the Inner Mongolia region's Bayan Obo mining district on the edge of the Gobi Desert, which is rich in "light" rare earths used for magnets in everyday items.

From Barron's

Shortly after Snead spoke, the NFL awarded the Rams four compensatory draft picks for the 2022 departures by offensive lineman Austin Corbett, defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day, linebackers Von Miller and Obo Okoronkwo and cornerback Darious Williams.

From Los Angeles Times

Aung Myo Min, the human rights minister in Myanmar's exiled parallel civilian government, said Obo prison authorities had violated prison rules by using male guards to handle female inmates.

From Reuters

ObO collects the algae off the coast of Finland, where it is sucked on to boats and then separated from the water.

From BBC

"If this can be successfully scaled up here, then ObO can replicate similar processes around the globe," says Ville Solja, Kiilto's chief business development officer.

From BBC