| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CBI | China-Burma-India (Theater; WWII) |
| CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
| CBI | Confidential Business Information |
| CBI | Central Bureau of Investigation (India) |
| CBI | Charles Babbage Institute (University of Minnesota) |
| CBI | Caribbean Basin Initiative |
| CBI | Computer Based Instruction |
| CBI | Colorado Bureau of Investigation |
| CBI | Certified Business Intermediary |
| CBI | Central Bank of Iran |
| CBI | Community Based Instruction |
| CBI | Chicago Bridge and Iron |
| CBI | Content-Based Instruction |
| CBI | Central Bank of Iraq |
| CBI | Cosmic Background Imager |
| CBI | Center for Business and Industry |
| CBI | Central Bank of India |
| CBI | Cement och Betong Institutet (Cement and Concrete Research Institute, Sweden) |
| CBI | Central Bank of Ireland |
| CBI | Cross-Border Initiative |
| CBI | Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc. |
| CBI | Central Bureau of Intelligence |
| CBI | Center for Biological Informatics |
| CBI | Coordinated Border Infrastructure |
| CBI | Canadian Back Institute |
| CBI | Continuous Bladder Irrigation |
| CBI | Cumulative Book Index |
| CBI | Composite Burn Index |
| CBI | Criminal Bureau of Investigation (India) |
| CBI | Computer Based Interlocking (railway signaling interlocking system using microprocessors) |
| CBI | Chesapeake Bay Institute (Johns Hopkins University) |
| CBI | Cheney Brothers, Inc (Riviera Beach, Florida) |
| CBI | Credit Bureau Information |
| CBI | College Bowl, Incorporated |
| CBI | Compensation and Benefits Instructions (Canada) |
| CBI | Compliance Biomonitoring Inspection |
| CBI | Certified Bridge Inspector (Florida, USA) |
| CBI | Central Bible Institute |
| CBI | Change in Business Inventories |
| CBI | Confusion Beyond Imagination |
| CBI | Commercial-Business-Industrial |
| CBI | Caregiver's Burden Inventory |
| CBI | Chiquita Brands, Inc. |
| CBI | Complete Background Investigation |
| CBI | Character-Based Interface |
| CBI | Closed Brain Injury |
| CBI | Capital Budget Item |
| CBI | Cleared Before Isolation |
| CBI | Community Boating Incorporated |
| CBI | Cross-Bar Interface |
| CBI | Critical Behaviour Inventory (ocupational safety) |
| CBI | CMM Based Insight |
| CBI | Chemical/Biological Information |
| CBI | Critical Behavior Interviewing (technique) |
| CBI | Coffee Brewing Institute |
| CBI | Compound Batch Identification |
| CBI | Circuit Bundling Initiative |
| CBI | Coordinatie Van Brusselse Instellingen |
| CBI | Customer Business Issue |
| CBI | Clean Burning Initiator |
| CBI | Charitable and Benevolent Institution |
| CBI | Cyber Musical Instruments |