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HBC en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of health and beauty care.
   alt of health and beauty care
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of hormonal birth control.
   alt of hormonal birth control
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of hit by car.
   alt of hit by car
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of hexabenzocoronene.
   alt of hexabenzocoronene

Forms

HBC en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Hudson's Bay Company, a major Canadian retailer and former British Crown corporation on the North American fur trade.
   alt of Hudson's Bay Company
   • Many ships played important roles in the HBC history. They maintained order and carried on trade with Alaska. On the West Coast those most familiar were the steamer Beaver and the schooner Cadboro, both armed with cannon. 2002, Jan Peterson, Black Diamond City: Nanaimo, the Victorian Era, Heritage House Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 25: