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BBB en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of blood-brain barrier.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of bundle branch block.

Forms

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Source: en.wiktionary, “BBB” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BBB en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Better Business Bureau.
    • A self-proclaimed source of mediation and unbiased ratings of millions of businesses across the country, the BBB receives the majority of its revenue from membership fees paid by hundreds of thousands of companies. 2015 September 30, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, “How the Better Business Bureau rakes in millions”, in CNN Business:
  2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Big Beautiful Bill.
    • While the SFC Bill had proposed significant phase-outs of the clean electricity tax credits (IRC §§ 45Y and 48E) for wind and solar projects that start construction in 2026 and later years, the Senate Bill instead eliminates the ability to claim such credits for wind and solar projects that start construction after the date of enactment of the BBB and that are placed in service after December 31, 2027. 2025 June 28, Don Lonczak, Elina Teplinsky, David McCullough, M.C. Hammond, Baylee Beeman, “Senate Votes to Advance the Big, Beautiful Bill – Latest on Renewable Energy Tax Credits”, in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman:
    • Indeed, it thinks these measures will “only” add 0.08 percentage points to core inflation next year, and reduce real GDP by a mere 0.1 per cent—and the latter will be offset by the BBB's fiscal boost. 2025 July 12, Gillian Tett, “Confusion reigns in American markets”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

Coordinates

commercial guild · chamber of commerce · COC

Synonyms

OBBB

Source: en.wiktionary, “BBB” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BBB en · X

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of build(ing) back better.
    • Such opposition to BBB completely mixes up the short-term and the long-term, and utterly confuses deficit spending to fight Covid-19 with fully paid-for spending to fund long-term reforms. 2021 November 13, Jeffrey Sachs, “US can fight inflation and still ‘build back better’”, in CNN: