"D&B" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000 January 18, D. J. Vallone, Untrained Hearts, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 12:",
          "text": "Running the D&Bs and credit reports has been one of her responsibilities since she took the position over a year ago.",
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          "ref": "2007 12, Michael Connelly, An Informal Boston Education: Boston Boomers, Beaches, Buddies, Broads, Bars, Beer, Baseball, and Barbells, iUniverse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He's got the proof of delivery saying the customers owe the money, and he's got the D&Bs saying they have the means to pay.",
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        "A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet."
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        "(business, usually in the plural) A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet."
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          "word": "drum and bass"
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          "ref": "2021 May 6, Ewa Mazierska, Tony Rigg, Les Gillon, The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 194:",
          "text": "D&B music emerged from a fusion of big beat, breakbeat hardcore, jungle, techno, funk and electronica.",
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        {
          "word": "dandelion and burdock"
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          "ref": "2014 November 29, Drew Hunt, Cowboy Sandwich Book 2: Second Helpings, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page 40:",
          "text": "Barry pulled three more cans of D&B plus a bottle of water out of the fridge.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2017 February 23, Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place: Picador Classic, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Pippo has discovered that Celesta likes Dandelion and Burdock best of all, so he's had the side of the wagon repainted; a huge dripping heart with a motto inside: All Because Selesta Loves D&B!",
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        "Initialism of dandelion and burdock."
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  "word": "D&B"
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          "ref": "2000 January 18, D. J. Vallone, Untrained Hearts, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 12:",
          "text": "Running the D&Bs and credit reports has been one of her responsibilities since she took the position over a year ago.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 12, Michael Connelly, An Informal Boston Education: Boston Boomers, Beaches, Buddies, Broads, Bars, Beer, Baseball, and Barbells, iUniverse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He's got the proof of delivery saying the customers owe the money, and he's got the D&Bs saying they have the means to pay.",
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        "A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet."
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        "(business, usually in the plural) A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet."
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          "text": "D&B music emerged from a fusion of big beat, breakbeat hardcore, jungle, techno, funk and electronica.",
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        "Initialism of drum and bass."
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          "text": "Barry pulled three more cans of D&B plus a bottle of water out of the fridge.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 February 23, Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place: Picador Classic, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Pippo has discovered that Celesta likes Dandelion and Burdock best of all, so he's had the side of the wagon repainted; a huge dripping heart with a motto inside: All Because Selesta Loves D&B!",
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        }
      ],
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