"BIC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BICs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} BIC (countable and uncountable, plural BICs)
  1. (banking) Acronym of Bank/Business Identifier Code. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: Bank/Business Identifier Code Synonyms: SWIFT-BIC, SWIFT code, SWIFT ID
    Sense id: en-BIC-en-noun-qO5pYX-A Categories (other): Banking Topics: banking, business
  2. (shipping) Initialism of Bureau International des Containers (“the International Container Bureau”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Bureau International des Containers (extra: the International Container Bureau) Related terms: IBAN [banking, business]
    Sense id: en-BIC-en-noun-HKGiH8oI Categories (other): Shipping, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport

Inflected forms

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