HBA

English

Noun

HBA (countable and uncountable, plural HBAs)

1. (countable) Abbreviation of health-and-beauty aid.
   • 1999 October 15, miamibst@bellsouth.net, “Sell: NEUTROGENA $0.12”, in alt.business.misc (Usenet):

     We have in Miami approx 110,000 to 120,000 units of the best known brand of HBA products
     we have NEUTROGENA ... at $0.12 & $0.20 per unit
     FACIAL BARS (soaps) .... approx 31,000 PcS

   • 2007 October 14, JoAnne Schmitz <jschmitz@qis.net>, “Re: Cable, ISP, Phone Bargains”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):

     I get a lot of HBA stuff like shampoo and cosmetics where the formulation or even just the packaging has been changed.

2. (uncountable) Initialism of honour-based abuse.
   • 2019, Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Men, Masculinities and Honour-Based Abuse:

     That book, first conceived in 2007, had the principal aim of highlighting women's victimisation across the world in the name of so-called honour, and we wanted to highlight that HBA is not purely an Islamic phenomenon.

Anagrams

• ABH, AHB, BAH, BHA, Bah, Bah., HAB, Hab, Hab., bah, hab