"BUD" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation of Budweiser. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|Budweiser}} Abbreviation of Budweiser Head templates: {{en-prop}} BUD
  1. (stock ticker symbol) AB InBev
    Sense id: en-BUD-en-name-47UIPZyI Categories (other): Stock symbols for companies Topics: business, finance, stock-ticker-symbol
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: BUDs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} BUD (countable and uncountable, plural BUDs)
  1. (pathology) Initialism of benzodiazepine use disorder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: benzodiazepine use disorder
    Sense id: en-BUD-en-noun--TTNLqsm Categories (other): Diseases Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  2. (informal, telecommunications) Initialism of big ugly dish. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: big ugly dish
    Sense id: en-BUD-en-noun-Pj0cDH7h Categories (other): Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 3 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 3 83 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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