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bcc

[ bee-see-see ]

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noun

plural bcc's.

blind carbon copy: a duplicate of anything written or typed, or a copy of an email or other electronic document, that is sent to someone whose name is not visible to the primary addressee.

verb (used with object)

bcc'ed or bcc'd, bcc'ing.

to send (a duplicate of a document, email, or the like) to (someone whose name is not visible to the primary addressee).

BCC

abbreviation for

British Coal Corporation (formerly the National Coal Board)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bcc¹

Initialism for blind carbon copy, with reference to the former use of carbon paper to make copies, now replaced by electronic or photocopied documents

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Example Sentences

William Bain, head of trade policy at the BCC, said the UK had a "level of insulation" due to it not exporting as many goods to the US in comparison to other countries.

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The BCC collected data from more than 4,800 businesses across the UK between 11 November and 9 December.

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The BCC said confidence had fallen, with 49% of firms expecting sales to increase over the next year.

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"The worrying reverberations of the Budget are clear to see in our survey data," said Shevaun Haviland, the BCC's director general.

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However, the sender, a detective sergeant in the Met’s Diplomatic and Parliamentary Protection unit, included the recipients’ names in the CC section of the email, rather than BCC, which would have concealed their identities.

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