Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

an annual/a bi-monthly/monthly/quarterly billing cycle

billion /'biljan/ number {abbr bnj

ООО 000 000; one thousand million ШИЗ Billion and billions are always used with a plural verb, except when an mount of money is mentioned. You say a, one, two, several, etc. billion without a final's' on 'billion'. Billions (of...) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it: Worldwide sales reached $2.5 billion, о half a billion dollars о tens of billions of yen о They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.).

.bill of'entry noun [c] {Trade) a list giving details of goods that are being brought into or taken out of a country: Customs officials will check the bill of entry and calculate the duty to be paid.

О to file/prepare/present/submit a bill of entry

.bill of ex'change noun [C] {abbr B/E) {BrE also bill)

{Finance; Trade) a written order for a person or an organization to pay a particular amount of money to sb/sth when asked or at a particular time, used especially in international trade: If the buyer accepts the bill of exchange, they will sign their name on it and date it. о An exporter may obtain payment on an accepted bill of exchange before its due date by presenting it to his bank. -» promissory note О to accept/discount/draw/make out/sign a bill of exchange

.bill of lading noun [C] {abbr ВOL, B/L, b/l)

(Trade) a list giving details of the goods that a ship, etc. is carrying. It shows that the company transporting the goods has received them and allows the buyer to collect them: a paper-based/ electronic bill of lading о The ship owner issued a clean bill of lading, acknowledging that the goods were received in good order, о a dirty/foul/unclean bill of lading (= one that states that the goods were damaged or some were missing when they were put on the ship)

bill of ma'terials (also .bill of ma'terial) noun [C] (abbr BOM)

(Manufacturing) a list giving details of the materials and parts that are needed for a particular

project-» material requirement planning

(Property) = bill of quantities

.bill of 'quantities (also .bill of 'quantity) (abbr BOQ, BO) (also .bill of ma'terials) noun [c] (Property) a list giving details of the materials that are needed for a particular building project, with the prices and the cost of doing the work

.bill of 'sale noun [c] (abbr BS) (Law) a legal document showing that sb has sold an item to sb else and that the buyer has become the new owner

'bill rate = discount rate (1) .bills 'payable noun [u; pi.] (Accounting) part of the financial records of a company that shows the bills of exchange that the company has not yet paid current liability

.bills receivable noun [u; pi ] (Accounting) part of the financial records of a company that shows the bills of exchange that the company will receive money for later

current assets BIN /bin/ = bank identification number

binary /'bainari/ adjective

(IT) using only 0 and 1 as a system of numbers: the binary system

(Technical) based on only two numbers; consisting of two parts: binary codes/numbers ► binary noun [u]: The computer performs calculations in binary and converts the results to decimal.

bind /baind/ verb [+ obj] (bound, bound /baund/) (Law) (usually be bound) to force sb to do sth by a legal agreement, a law or an official decision: A person who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms. bound

binder /'bainda(r)/ noun [c]

a hard cover for holding loose sheets of paper together: a ring binder—Picture at file

(Law) (AmE) an agreement that you sign, which, together with a first payment (deposit), gives you the right to buy a property for a limited period of time