BP

¹

1. beautiful people; beautiful person.
2. See B.P. ( def 4 ).
3. blood pressure.

bp.

²

abbreviation for

1. baptized.
2. birthplace.
3. bishop.

B/P

³

Commerce.

1. bills payable.

b.p.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Finance. basis point.
2. below proof.
3. Commerce. bills payable.
4. Physics, Chemistry. boiling point.

B.P.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Bachelor of Pharmacy.
2. Bachelor of Philosophy.
3. Finance. basis point.
4. Archaeology. before (the) present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before a.d. 1950:

   between 2 and 3 million years B.P.;

   human groups living in cities by 5000 B.P.

5. Commerce. bills payable.

BP

¹

abbreviation for

1. blood pressure
2. British Pharmacopoeia

bp

²

abbreviation for

1. (of alcoholic density) below proof
2. boiling point
3. bishop

Example Sentences

For the opening event in BP Hall, Michael Pisaro-Liu created complex, almost dangerously alluring electronic drones messing with sine waves oscillating off field recordings he had made around L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Andrew McIntosh’s “Learning” led off a Wild Up concert in BP Hall, with a percussionist communing intriguing small sounds with those from field recordings made in Angeles National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times

Back in BP, the Calder Quartet brought exquisite warmth to the sunny, slippery melodic lines in Missy Mazzoli’s “Death Valley Junction.”

From Los Angeles Times

Staff at a nearby BP petrol station told the BBC they had to seal off pumps to prevent an explosion as fireworks were being launched into the restaurant next door.

From BBC

A report by the House of Lords Standards Commissioner found that Lord Alli improperly removed his controlling stake in Silvergate BP Bidco Limited, the media company behind CBeebies show Peter Rabbit, from the register.

From BBC