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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
B.L. | English | Bachelor of Law | Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | B.L. Stryker (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Cla. Viro Michaeli Philippo Bouvart. : Regii Ordinis Equiti, Salub.... / Dessiné par F. Bourgoin, et Gravé par B.L. Henriquez. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Underway off the coast of Southern California, 21 October 1971. Photographed by PH1 B.L. Kuykendall, USN. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Lift off from the flight deck of USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) as she enters Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 27 June 1967. The USS Arizona Memorial is in the distance. Helicopter at left is Bureau # 152124. Photographed by PH3 B.L. Kleckner. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Underway in January 1963. Photographed by PH1 B.L. Bennett. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | View looking aft from her forecastle, showing visitors atop her forward 13-inch gun turret, 1898. The original photograph was copyright 1898 by B.L. Singley and published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Company. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Taking on coal from a lighter, 1898. The original photograph was copyright 1898 by B.L. Singley, and published on a stereograph card by the Keystone View Company. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | W.H. Drayton / drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia ; engraved by B.L. Prevost at Paris. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | J. Dickenson [sic] / drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia ; engraved by B.L. Prevost at Paris. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | S. Huntingdon [sic] / drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia ; engraved by B.L. Prevost at Paris. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | J. Reed / drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia ; engraved by B.L. Prevost at Paris. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "B.L." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "B.L." is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (common) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "B.L.": on board B.L.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "B.L."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ombord konossement (on board B.L., on board bill of lading, shipped bill of lading). (various references) | |
Dutch | aan-boord-connossement (on board B.L., on board bill of lading, shipped bill of lading). (various references) | |
French | lettre ferroviaire (railroad B.L.), connaissement tardif (stale B.L.), connaissement reçu bord (on board B.L.), connaissement embarqué (on board B.L.), connaissement de bord (on board B.L.), connaissement bord (on board B.L., shipped B.L.). (various references) | |
German | Bordkonnossement (on board B.L., on board bill of lading, shipped bill of lading). (various references) | |
Greek | φορτωτικά έγγραφα "επί του σκάφους". (various references) | |
Italian | polizza di carico per merce a bordo (on board B.L., on board bill of lading, shipped bill of lading), polizza di carico a bordo (on board B.L., on board bill of lading, shipped bill of lading). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Bibliography |
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