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BO

Origin

Accounting.

brought over.

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Board of Ordnance.

Informal. body odor.

Theater. box office.

back order.

box office.

branch office.

broker's order.

buyer's option.

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bo or boh (bəʊ)

—*interj*
1.	an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game
2.	slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm

boh or boh

—*interj*

bo

—*the internet domain name for*
	Bolivia

BO

—*abbreviation for*
1.	informal body odour
2.	box office

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Word Origin & History

b.o.

abbreviation of body odor, by c.1950; an advertisers' invention.

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BO definition

n.
(bad) body odor. (Initialism.) : Man, do you have BO!
n.
box office, where tickets to some event are sold. : If you want your money back, you'll have to go to the BO.
n.
HBO, Home Box Office, the cable television channel. (Initialism and dysphemism based on sense 1.) : There is boxing on BO but no movie.

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