B.P.

1. Bachelor of Pharmacy.

2. Bachelor of Philosophy.

3. Finance. See basis point.

4. Archaeol. before the present: (in radiocarbon dating) in a specified amount of time or at a specified point in time before A.D. 1950: between 2 and 3 million years B.P.; human groups living in cities by 5000 B.P.

5. Com. bills payable.

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