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sired, say that the individual
posted his own bail, that bail was
posted by a friend or relative, or
that bail was obtained through a
bondsman.
Bakelite A trademark for a
type of plastic resin.
baker’s dozen It means 13.
Bakery, Confectionery,
Tobacco Workers and Grain
Millers International Union
The shortened form Bakery Workers
union is acceptable in all references.
Headquarters is in Washington.
balance of payments,
balance of trade The balance
of payments is the difference between
the amount of money that
leaves a nation and the amount
that enters it during a period of
time.
The balance of payments is determined
by computing the
amount of money a nation and its
citizens send abroad for all purposes
— including goods and services
purchased, travel, loans,
foreign aid, etc. — and subtracting
from it the amount that foreign
nations send into the nation
for similar purposes.
The balance of trade is the difference
between the monetary
value of the goods a nation imports
and the goods it exports.
An example illustrating the
difference between the two:
The United States and its citizens
might send $10 billion
abroad — $5 billion for goods, $3
billion for loans and foreign aid,
$1 billion for services and $1 billion
for tourism and other purposes.
Other nations might send $9
billion into the United States —
$6 billion for U.S. goods, $2 billion
for services and $1 billion for
tourism and other purposes.
The United States would have
a balance-of-payments deficit of
$1 billion but a balance-of-trade
surplus of $1 billion.
ball carrier
ballclub, ballpark,
ballplayer, ballroom
ball point pen
baloney Foolish or exaggerated
talk.
The sausage or luncheon meat
is bologna.
Baltimore The city in Maryland
stands alone in datelines.
Band-Aid A trademark for a
type of adhesive bandage.
BankAmerica Corp. A
merger of BankAmerica and NationsBank.
Headquarters is in Charlotte,
N.C.
bankruptcy See entry in
Business Guidelines.
baptism See sacraments.
baptist, Baptist A person
who baptizes is a baptist (lowercase).
A Baptist (uppercase) is a person
who is a member of the
Protestant denomination described
in the next entry.
Baptist churches It is incorrect
to apply the term church to
any Baptist unit except the local
church.