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( business ) a person who owns a bank or who has an important job in a bank

bank • ing / ' bagkig / noun [ noncount ]

the type of business done by banks She chose a career in banking.

bank • rupt / ' bagkrvpt / adjective

not able to continue in business because you cannot pay the money that you owe

His business went bankrupt after a year.

ban • ner / brenar / noun [ count ]

a long piece of cloth with words on it. People carry banners to show what they think The banner said "Stop the war."

ban • quet / ' bagkwat / noun [ count ]

a formal dinner for a large number of people, usually as a special event

bap • tism / ' breptizam / noun

[count, noncount]

( religion ) a religious ceremony when someone is baptized

bap • tize / ' breptaiz / verb ( bap tiz . es , bap . tiz ing , bap . tized )

( religion ) to put water on someone and give them a name, to show that they belong to the Christian Church

ЬаГ 1 Ф / bar / noun [ count ]

a place where people can go and buy drinks, especially alcoholic drinks

There's a bar in the hotel.

a place where you can get a particular kind of food or drink

a snack bar

a long, high table where you buy drinks in a bar We stood at the bar .

a long thin piece of metal or wood There were iron bars on the windows.

a small block of something hard a candy bar

a bar ofsoap

— Look at the picture at soap . behind bars

( informal )

in prison

His killer is now safely behind bars.

bar 2 / bar / verb ( bars , bar . ring , barred )

to put something across a place so that people cannot pass

A line of police barred the road.

to say officially that someone must not do something or go somewhere

Journalists were barred from taking photographs of the event.

bar • be • cue / ' barbikyu/ noun [ count ] ( abbreviation BBQ )

a meal or a party where you cook food on a fire outside We had a barbecue on the beach. bar • be • cue verb

( bar . be . cues , bar . be cu . ing , bar be cued )

barbecued steak

barbed wire

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/ ,barbd 'wa^r / noun [noncount] wire with a lot of sharp points on it. Some fences are made of barbed wire .

bar•ber / ' ba^r / noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to cut men's hair ► bar • ber • shop / ' ba^rfap / noun [ count ]

a place where a barber works

bar code . .

/ 'bar koud / noun ^{03 Г CO}° ^e

[count]

a pattern of black lines that is printed on things you buy It contains information that a computer

reads to find the 9 .__._. ____.. price.

bare / ber / adjective

(used about a part of the body) with no clothes covering it

He had bare feet (= he wasn't wearing shoes or socks ) .

without anything covering it or in it

They had taken the paintings down, so the walls were all bare.

bare • foot / berfut / adjective, adverb

with no shoes or socks on your feet

The children ran barefoot along the beach.

bare • ly / ' berli / adverb almost not; only just She barely ate anything.

—SYNONYM hardly

bar • gain1 / ' ba^n / noun [ count ]

something that is cheaper than usual At just $10, the dress was a real bargain!

bar • gain 2 / ' ba^n / verb ( bar gains , bar . gain ing , bar gained )

to try to agree on a good price for something

She may sell the car for less if you bargain with her.

barge / bard3 / noun [ count ]

a long boat with a flat bottom for carrying things or people on rivers or canals (= artificial rivers )

bark1 / bark / noun

[ noncount ] the hard surface of a tree Look at the picture at tree .

[ count ] the short loud sound that a dog makes

bark 2 / bark / verb ( barks , bark . ing , barked )

If a dog barks , it makes short loud sounds The dog always barks at people it doesn't know.

bar • ley / ' barli / noun [ noncount ] a plant that we use for food and for making beer and some other drinks