B.o. Definition & Meaning

American

British

Examples

B/o 1 American Accounting.

1. brought over.

b.o. 2 American

abbreviation

1. back order.

2. box office.

3. branch office.

4. broker's order.

5. buyer's option.

B.O. 3 American

abbreviation

1. Board of Ordnance.

2. Informal. body odor.

3. Theater. box office.

b.o. 1 British

abbreviation

1. back order

2. branch office

3. broker's order

4. buyer's option

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abbreviation

1. accounting brought over

2. buyer's option

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abbreviation

1. informal body odour

2. box office

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interjection

1. an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game

2. slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm

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abbreviation

1. Bolivia

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Example Sentences

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As a sellout crowd of 46,272 that included President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Frank Robinson rose to its feet and the banners on the B&O Warehouse behind the right-field bleachers changed from 2,130 to 2,131, fireworks erupted and balloons and streamers soared into the air.

From Los Angeles Times

Her track B.O.T.A made it to number one in the UK in 2022.

From BBC

Dr Tanmoy Laskar, from the University of Utah and co-leader of the study the study, said that the B.O.A.T's power might be explained by the way in which jets of material were being sprayed out, as normally occurs during supernovas.

From BBC

"Theorists need to go back and look at why an event like the B.O.A.T is not producing heavy elements when theories and simulations predict that they should," says Dr Blanchard.

From BBC

But his most memorable moment might have arrived in a year in which he didn’t win it, in 1993 in Baltimore when he clubbed a 465-foot homer off the B&O Warehouse off Eutaw Street, the only player to hit it in fair territory.

From Seattle Times

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