| BIPM | International Bureau of Weights and Measures [Fr. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures] |
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| BMS | Bachelor of Medical Science; betamethasone; biomedical monitoring system; biomedical science; bleomy... |
| BNIST | National Bureau of Scientific Information [Fr. Bureau National d'Information Scientifique] |
| ASHBM | Associate Scottish Hospital Bureau of Management |
| ASLIB | Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
| bureau | Origin: F. Bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF, drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. To F. Bure, and fr. OF. Buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its colour, fr. L. Burrus red, fr. Gr. Flame-coloured, prob. Fr. Fire. See Fire, and cf. Borel. 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. 2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. 3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labour under the direction of a chief. On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. 4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. Bureau system. See Bureaucracy. Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reestablished in Brussels in 1870. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Bureau of Medical Devices |
ABBR: BMD. A branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that regulates medical devices.
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| bureau | furniture with drawers for keeping clothes |
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| bureau | an administrative unit of government |
| bureau | (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money |
| bureau | the agency of the Treasury Department that administers federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco and firearms |
| bureau | the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs |
| bureau | the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency |
| bureau | the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census |
| bureau | nonelective government officials |
| bureau | an official of a bureaucracy |
| bureau | of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy |
| bureau | needlessly time-consuming procedure |
| bureau | with respect to bureaucracy |
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