"PBC" meaning in English

See PBC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PBC
  1. (finance) Initialism of People's Bank of China. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: People's Bank of China
    Sense id: en-PBC-en-name-bJRPYbDy Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Finance Topics: business, finance

Noun

Forms: PBCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PBC (plural PBCs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of primary biliary cholangitis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: primary biliary cholangitis
    Sense id: en-PBC-en-noun-gRluzvog Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) Initialism of primary biliary cirrhosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: primary biliary cirrhosis
    Sense id: en-PBC-en-noun-CQuz2D9X Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (business, law) Initialism of public benefit corporation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: public benefit corporation
    Sense id: en-PBC-en-noun-YuYEKp7E Categories (other): Business, Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 10 39 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 15 10 36 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 15 10 40 29 Topics: business, law

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} PBC
  1. (historical, philately) Initialism of passed by censor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: passed by censor
    Sense id: en-PBC-en-phrase-yUk1uUBp Categories (other): Philately Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

Inflected forms

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