B/L — Bill of Lading (B/L)A document that establishes the contract for shipment between a shipper and a transportation company.
BA — Banker’s Acceptance (BA)A high-quality, short-term negotiable discount note, drawn on and accepted by banks that are obligated to pay the amount at maturity.
BACT — Best available control technology (BACT)That combination of production processes, methods, systems, and techniques that will result in the lowest achievable level of emissions of air pollutants…
BCR — Baseline Change Request (BCR)A web-based tool that is used to discuss, review, and approve an "engineered product" or other changes to infrastructure components as it is turned over…
BDU — Bone dry unit (BDU)A quantity of wood residue which weighs 2,400 pounds at zero percent moisture content.
BF — Board feet (BF)Unit of measure for logs and lumber. One board foot is equivalent to a piece of wood 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long.
BFE — Base Flood Elevation (BFE)The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Zones AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1-A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1-V30, and VE that…
BG — Block Group (BG)A cluster of census blocks having the same first digit of their four-digit identifying numbers within a census tract.
BLOB — Binary large object (BLOB)The data type of a column in an RDBMS table which can store large image or textual data as attributes.
BM — Benchmark (BM)A permanent point whose known elevation is tied to a national network. These points are created to serve as a point of reference.
BMP — Best Management Practice (BMP)A practice or combination of practices that are determined to provide the most effective, environmentally sound, and economically feasible means of…
BMP — Best management practices (BMP)A practice or combination of practices that a designated agency determines to be the most effective, practical means of reducing the amount of pollution…
BOD — Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)A standard means of estimating the degree of water pollution, especially of water bodies that receive contamination from sewage and industrial waste.
bp — Basis Point (bp)The smallest measure used in quoting yields or returns. One basis point is 0.01% of yield, 100 basis points equals 1%. A yield that changed from 8.
BTU — British thermal unit (Btu)The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit; equal to 252 calories.
BV — Book Value (BV)The value of individual assets, calculated as actual cost less allowance for any depreciation. Book value may be more or less than current market value.