D&B

English

Noun

D&B (plural D&Bs)

1. (business, usually in the plural) A report on a company, especially as provided by Dun & Bradstreet.
   • 2000 January 18, D. J. Vallone, Untrained Hearts, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 12:

     Running the D&Bs and credit reports has been one of her responsibilities since she took the position over a year ago.

   • 2007 12, Michael Connelly, An Informal Boston Education: Boston Boomers, Beaches, Buddies, Broads, Bars, Beer, Baseball, and Barbells, iUniverse, →ISBN:

     He's got the proof of delivery saying the customers owe the money, and he's got the D&Bs saying they have the means to pay.

2. Initialism of drum and bass.
   • 2021 May 6, Ewa Mazierska, Tony Rigg, Les Gillon, The Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 194:

     D&B music emerged from a fusion of big beat, breakbeat hardcore, jungle, techno, funk and electronica.

3. Initialism of dandelion and burdock.
   • 2014 November 29, Drew Hunt, Cowboy Sandwich Book 2: Second Helpings, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page 40:

     Barry pulled three more cans of D&B plus a bottle of water out of the fridge.

   • 2017 February 23, Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place: Picador Classic, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

     Pippo has discovered that Celesta likes Dandelion and Burdock best of all, so he's had the side of the wagon repainted; a huge dripping heart with a motto inside: All Because Selesta Loves D&B!