HBA

plural HBAs

1. abbreviationcountableAbbreviation of health-and-beauty aid.

   I get a lot of HBA stuff like shampoo and cosmetics where the formulation or even just the packaging has been changed.

   2007 October 14, JoAnne Schmitz , “Re: Cable, ISP, Phone Bargains”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet)

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   We have in Miami approx 110,000 to 120,000 units of the best known brand of HBA products we have NEUTROGENA ... at $0.12 & $0.20 per unit FACIAL BARS (soaps) .... approx 31,000 PcS

   1999 October 15, miamibst@bellsouth.net, “Sell: NEUTROGENA $0.12”, in alt.business.misc (Usenet)

2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of honour-based abuse.

   That book, first conceived in 2007, had the principal aim of highlighting women's victimisation across the world in the name of so-called honour, and we wanted to highlight that HBA is not purely an Islamic phenomenon.

   2019, Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Men, Masculinities and Honour-Based Abuse