B Business & Finance Abbreviation

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Business

1. A firm. 2. The activities engaged in by firms.

Bid

A bond issued by a surety on behalf of a contractor that provides assurance to the recipient of the contractor's bid that, if the bid is accepted, the contractor will execute a contract and provide a performance bond. Under the bond, the surety is obligated to pay the recipient of the bid the difference between the contractor's bid and the bid of the next lowest responsible bidder if the bid is accepted and the contractor fails to execute a contract or to provide a performance bond.

Bidet

Button

A form of surfacing in which one or more layers of weld metal are deposited on the groove face of one member. The buttering provides a suitable transition weld deposit for subsequent completion of the butt weld (joint). A mechanism on a pointing device, such as a mouse, used to request or start an action.

Beam

(a) A beam placed perpendicular to joists and to which joists are nailed in framing for a chimney, stairway, or other opening. (b) A wood lintel. (c) The horizontal structural member over an opening (for example over a door or window). A structural member, usually horizontal, whose main function is to carry loads transverse to its longitudinal axis.

Buying

Base

That solid ingredient in a paint that is responsible for its body

carbon

Carbon is the name for the element with atomic number 6 and is represented by the symbol C.