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1. ABTA | Abta, n. View full entry 1950
...The Association of British Travel Agents, established in 1950....
2. American, n. and adj. View full entry 1568
...An indigenous inhabitant of (any part of) the Americas; an American Indian. Now only with modifying word, as indigenous American, original American, etc.; see also Native American...
3. American Express, n. View full entry 1958
...attrib. Designating a charge card issued by the American Express company. Also: such a card as a means of payment. Cf. Amex...
4. APEC, n. View full entry 1989
...Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, a forum of 21 Pacific Rim countries (including Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States), established in 1989 to facilitate economic growth and prosperity in the...
5. avania, n. View full entry 1687
...An imposition by the (Turkish) government, a compulsory tax, government exaction, ‘aid,’ ‘benevolence’ (Marsh); spec. (as applied by Christians) an extortionate exaction or tax levied by the Turks....
6. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
7. badge, v.2 View full entry 1552
...trans. To buy up (provisions) for resale elsewhere; to hawk for sale; (occas. more generally) to deal in (a commodity). Also intr.: to engage in buying and selling in...
8. badger, n.1 View full entry a1500
...A trader who buys produce (perh. originally grain) and carries it elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer; a hawker, a huckster, a pedlar; (occas. more generally) a dealer, a trader....
9. basket, n. View full entry a1300
...A vessel of wickerwork, made of plaited osiers, cane, rushes, bast, or other materials....
10. battel, n. View full entry c1475
...See quot. 1475 (Perhaps a distinct word.) Obs....
11. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
12. bimbo, n.3 View full entry 1991
...The purchase of (a controlling share in) a company by a partnership of outside managers and the company's own management. Cf. management buy-in2, management buy-outmanagement2....
13. Black-Scholes, n. View full entry 1972
...attrib. Designating a mathematical model for calculating the value of stock options, as Black–Scholes model, Black–Scholes option pricing model, etc. Also: designating the formula or equation used...
14. blunt, adj. and n.1 View full entry ?c1200
...Dull, insensitive, stupid, obtuse: said, it appears, originally of the sight, whence of the perceptions generally, and the intellect. (Now generally with some antithesis to sharp, as in sense ...
15. bob, n.8 View full entry 1789
...A shilling....
16. bobbin, n.3 View full entry 1936
...Applied attrib. to the payment made to a fish porter at Billingsgate market....
17. boodle, n.1 View full entry 1833
...Crowd, pack, lot: as in the contemptuous ‘the whole boodle’. Cf. caboodle...
18. † ˈbowser, n.1 View full entry 1534
...A treasurer, bursar....
19. buck, n.8 View full entry 1856
...A dollar....
20. bulk, n.2 View full entry 1586
...A framework projecting from the front of a shop; a stall....
