(finance) A record of a borrower's responsible repayment of debts.

Alternative letter-case form of big history

(sometimes capitalized) An academic discipline which examines history from the Big Bang to the present.

Things that have happened in the past will or tend to happen again in one way or another.

(law) In United States patent law, the circumstance under which a person who has filed a patent application, and then made amendments to the application to accommodate the patent law and secure issuance of the patent, is prevented from bringing a cause of action for infringement of the patent where the allegedly infringing acts falling within the matter disclaimed by the amendment.

(idiomatic, usually politics, derogatory) Having policies or practices that are perceived as not progressive or enlightened; behaving in a manner that reflects out-of-date or disapproved opinions.

(psychology) The psychological illusion by which people tend to believe that their personalities and preferences have reached a more or less stable state, despite recognising that these things have undergone significant change in the past.

Be sufficiently noteworthy as to be remembered by future generations.

(obsolete, now historical, US) The second week of February, declared for observance of the history of the African diaspora in the United States. Celebrated until the foundation of Black History Month in the 1970s.

An annual observance of the history of the African diaspora, held in the United States and Canada throughout the month of February, and throughout October in some European countries.