"BLS" meaning in English

See BLS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BLS
  1. (US) Initialism of Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Sense id: en-BLS-en-name-yHW6plh4 Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 53 4
  2. (stock ticker symbol) Abbreviation of BellSouth Corporation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: BellSouth Corporation Categories (topical): Stock symbols for companies
    Sense id: en-BLS-en-name-OIzTsvCU Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 59 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 53 4 Topics: business, finance, stock-ticker-symbol

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} BLS (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of basic life support. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: basic life support Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-BLS-en-noun-XDiBWamD Topics: medicine, sciences
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