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AB
- Abbreviation ofAlberta: aprovince ofCanada.
- Coordinate terms:BC,MB,NB,NL,NS,NT,NU,ON,PE,QC,SK,YT
- Initialism ofArtium baccalaureus.
- Initialism ofAryan Brotherhood, aUSwhite supremacist,neo-Nazi prison gang and crimesyndicate.
- Synonym:12
- Initialism ofAnheuser-Busch.
2019 July 25, Paul R. La Monica, “Good news for the king of beer: People are drinking more”, inCNN Business[1]:Shares ofAB InBev (BUD) soared nearly 6% after the Budweiser, Bud Light and Stella Artois owner reported solid sales and earnings.
AB (countable anduncountable,pluralABs)
- Initialism ofable seaman orable-bodied seaman.
- Initialism ofafterburner.
- Initialism ofaid to theblind.
- (military, aviation)Initialism ofairbase.
- (organic chemistry)Abbreviation ofalkylbenzene.
- Hyponym:LAB
- (medicine)Initialism ofantibody.
- Initialism ofartificialbreeding.
- (law, politics)Initialism ofassemblybill.
2025 April 1, FOX26 News Staff, “Both transgender athlete bills fail in California”, inFOX26 News[2]:AB-89 would have required that participation in sex-segregated California school programs, athletic teams, and facility use be based on a pupil’s sex, not gender identity.
- Ablood type of theABOsystem that has both bloodantigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
- Coordinate terms:A,B,O,A+,B+,AB+,O+,A-,B-,AB-,O-
- (countable) A person with this blood type.
- (ABDL)Initialism ofadult baby.
2002 October 3,Dee Johnson, “Dead Again” (at 23:18–23:27 from the start), in Richard Thorpe, director,ER, season 9, episode 2, spoken byMichael Gallant (Sharif Atkins):Well, he appears to be anAB. You know, anadult baby. It's a fetish in which the baby is taken care of in every way by a mommy or a daddy.
- Initialism ofasymmetric bars.
- (Australia, Adelaide, countable) Ahalal snack pack consisting of doner meat topped with chips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, barbecue sauce, and garlic sauce.
AB (notcomparable)
- Initialism ofairborne.
- Initialism ofantiballistic.
- (baseball)Initialism ofat bat.
- “AB”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin,2000,→ISBN.
- “AB”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
From the first two letters of theEnglish alphabetA andB.
AB
- (Hong Kong Cantonese)twoseparate (instances)
- 分AB team返工[Cantonese] ― fan1ei1 bi1 tim1 faan1 gung1[Jyutping] ― to go to work separated into two teams (i.e. each team goes to work on alternative days)
- 行AB team[Cantonese] ― haang4ei1 bi1 tim1[Jyutping] ― to install an "AB team" system
- 分AB組／分AB组[Cantonese] ― fan1ei1 bi1 zou2[Jyutping] ― to separate into two groups
AB ?
- initialism ofagriculture biologique
AB m
- abbreviation ofAnrufbeantworter
- (apartment listing)abbreviation ofAltbau
AB (pluralAB-AB)
- (finance, government, management)initialism ofanggaran belanja
- initialism ofarah benar
- (military)initialism ofangkatan bersenjata
- (business, management)initialism ofadministrasi bisnis
- (hematology)AB
AB f
- initialism ofakcinė bendrovė
AB (pluralAB-ABorAB2)
- (biology) TheAB blood type.
- initialism ofanggaran belanja(“expense estimate”)
- "AB" inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
AB
- abbreviation ofAlba: acounty ofRomania
- Ab(Finland Swedish, only in the sense "aktiebolag" below)
AB
- the blood typeAB
- abbreviation ofaktiebolag (corporation; stockcompany; public limited company)
AB
- the blood typeAB
AB
- (politics)initialism ofAvrupa Birliği(European Union)
