BP

abbr.
1 boiling-point.
2 blood pressure.
3 before the present (era).
4 British Petroleum.
5 British Pharmacopoeia.

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I. abbreviation

1. band pass

2. before present

3. below proof

4. bill of parcels

5. bills payable

6. blood pressure

II. \\ˌbēˈpē\ abbreviation or noun (-s)

1. : beautiful people herein

2. : batting practice

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1. beautiful people; beautiful person.

2. B.P.(def. 4).

3. blood pressure.

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abbrev

1. (used in radiocarbon dating, with 1950 as ‘present’) before present

2. (also B/P) bills payable

3. Blood pressure

4. British Petroleum

5. British Pharmacopoeia

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abbr.

■ before the present (era)

18,000 years BP

■ blood pressure

■ Baseball batting practice

■ boiling point

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BP [BP]

(in full British Petroleum)

a large international company which produces oil, petrol/gasoline, gas, and chemicals. It owns many ↑petrol stations in Britain, and is the largest ↑producer of North Sea gas and oil.