plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
also : official credit to a batter for driving in a run
led the league in RBIs

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Markets watchers had been expecting an eleventh consecutive pause by the RBI, with the repo rate currently at 6.5%. Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024 In addition to its dollar-selling interventions across the spot, futures and non-deliverable forward market, the RBI has also asked banks to lower their speculative bets against the currency and has increased its scrutiny of lenders' forex activity. Jaspreet Kalra, Reuters, 29 Nov. 2024 The Yankees captain led the majors with 58 home runs, 144 RBI’s and 133 walks, among others, while guiding New York to its first World Series appearance since 2009. Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024 Mookie Betts hit an RBI single, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single with the bases loaded, and then Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run double to tie the game at 5. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for RBI 

Word History

Etymology

run batted in

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of RBI was in 1921

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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
Etymology

run batted in

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