BBB

See also: BBB+, BBB−, and bbb

Translingual

Symbol

BBB

1. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is lower-medium grade with moderate risk of default.

English

Proper noun

BBB

1. (commerce) Initialism of Better Business Bureau.

   Coordinate terms: COC, chamber of commerce, commercial guild

   • 2015 September 30, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, “How the Better Business Bureau rakes in millions”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (US politics) Initialism of Big Beautiful Bill.

   Synonym: OBBB (One Big Beautiful Bill)

   • 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^[2]‎^[3]:

     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 July 12, Gillian Tett, “Confusion reigns in American markets”, in FT Weekend, page 9:

     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.

Noun

BBB (countable and uncountable, plural BBBs)

1. (physiology) Initialism of blood-brain barrier.
2. (cardiology) Initialism of bundle branch block.

   Hyponyms: LBBB, RBBB

Phrase

BBB

1. (politics) Initialism of build(ing) back better.
   • 2021 November 13, Jeffrey Sachs, “US can fight inflation and still ‘build back better’”, in CNN‎^[4]:

     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.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

BBB f

1. (Dutch politics) initialism of BoerBurgerBeweging (“Farmer–Citizen Movement”)

Irish

Phrase

BBB

1. initialism of beir bua agus beannacht

Malay

Etymology

Initialism.

Proper noun

BBB

1. Bandar Baru Bangi (a city in Selangor, Malaysia)

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe ˈbe ˈbe/

Proper noun

BBB m

1. (Brazil) Big Brother Brasil (the Brazilian version of the reality show Big Brother)
   • 2016, Clarice Falcão, “Irônico”, in Problema Meu:

     Eu gosto de você / Como quem gosta de quem já saiu do BBB // Queria te dizer que esse amor todo por você / Ele é irônico

     I like you the way someone likes a person who's already left Big Brother. I wanted to tell you that all this love I have for you—it's ironic.

Noun

BBB m or f by sense (plural BBBs)

1. (Brazil) a participant in the show Big Brother Brasil

   Synonyms: brother (masculine), sister (feminine)

Derived terms

• ex-BBB