Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation or best offer
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- initialism nautical
ore -bulk -oil : designating a ship designed to be capable of carrying wet or dry cargoes. - initialism commerce or best offer; showing that a price is negotiable
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Examples
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"Can we just call the OBO book for this series '517-1'?" says Jamie Jermain.
The Guardian World News Rob Smyth 2011
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If so, by the time I finish my novel five years and counting, what form might 'OBO' have evolved into?
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"Nice to see the OBO again after such a big break," says Arvind.
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It was Smyth's birthday last night so the least popular member of the sport de... the hardest working member of the sport desk was nominated to remain sober, go top bed early, wakes up early and sub for him on the OBO.
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Think of this interlude as the OBO equivalent of the Shipping Forescast.
Pakistan v England – day four live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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I'm not sure the world is ready for an OBO Readers' Spouses special just yet, hard as times are at the grauniad.
Pakistan v England – day two live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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As for your conclusions, well, I'm sure Disraeli would have something to say about lies, damned lies, and emails from optimistic OBO readers.48th over: England 114-7 Strauss 46, Broad 4 "I've got a Mexican, cricket-hating wife," says James Gordon.
Pakistan v England – day two live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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It's a good thing you've got the married OBO writer doing the first shift, rather than the single and devastatingly seductive Mr Robert Smyth.
Pakistan v England – day two live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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A good start by him then, better, certainly than that made by your OBO correspondent, who just locked himself in the toilet vestibule by leaving his swipe card at his desk.
Pakistan v England: day two – live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012
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The OBO has already taken a slightly farcical twist all round so far this morning.
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