| Acronym | Definition |
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| CBI | China-Burma-India (Theater; WWII) |
| CBI | Central Bureau of Investigation (India) |
| CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
| CBI | Confidential Business Information |
| CBI | Central Bank of Iraq |
| CBI | Computer Based Instruction |
| CBI | Colorado Bureau of Investigation |
| CBI | Center for Bioinformatics (various locations) |
| CBI | Chatham Bars Inn (Chatham, MA) |
| CBI | China Book International |
| CBI | Caribbean Basin Initiative |
| CBI | Circuit Board Indicator |
| CBI | Conservation Biology Institute (Corvallis, OR) |
| CBI | Certified Business Intermediary |
| CBI | Congregation Beth Israel (Judaism; various locations) |
| CBI | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (Cincinatti, OH) |
| CBI | Country Brand Index (marketing study) |
| CBI | Convention on Biodiversity |
| CBI | Center for Business Intelligence (Woburn, MA) |
| CBI | Central Bank of India |
| CBI | Center for Business Innovation (various locations) |
| CBI | Chandler Burning Index (fire danger) |
| CBI | Career Based Intervention (various organizations) |
| CBI | Content-Based Instruction |
| CBI | Community Based Instruction |
| CBI | Cosmic Background Imager |
| CBI | Charles Babbage Institute (University of Minnesota) |
| CBI | Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (Cherry Hill, NJ) |
| CBI | Chemistry/Biology Interface (various organizations) |
| CBI | Council for Biotechnology Information (Washington, DC) |
| CBI | Commission Baleinière Internationale (French: International Whaling Commission; est. 1946) |
| CBI | Central Bank of Iran |
| CBI | Chicago Bridge and Iron |
| CBI | Chem-Bio Informatics Society (various locations) |
| CBI | Central Bancshares, Inc. (holding company; Muscatine, IA) |
| CBI | Cross-Border Initiative |
| CBI | Center for Business and Industry |
| CBI | Corporate Business Intelligence |
| CBI | Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc. |
| CBI | Central Bureau of Intelligence |
| CBI | Collaborative Business Initiative (various companies) |
| CBI | Creative Business Idea |
| CBI | Critical Business Issue |
| CBI | Cell Biology Immunology |
| CBI | Continuous Bladder Irrigation |
| CBI | Central Bank of Ireland |
| CBI | Contingent Business Interruption (insurance) |
| CBI | Country Business Inc. (est. 1976; business broker) |
| CBI | Community Building Initiatives (various organizations) |
| CBI | Center for Biological Informatics |
| CBI | Coordinated Border Infrastructure |
| CBI | Cabinet Bedin Immobilier (French: Cabinet Bedin Real Estate; Bordeaux, France) |
| CBI | Canadian Back Institute |
| CBI | Cement och Betong Institutet (Cement and Concrete Research Institute, Sweden) |
| CBI | Cumulative Book Index |
| CBI | Criminal Bureau of Investigation (India) |
| CBI | Composite Burn Index |
| CBI | Crédit-Bail Immobilier (French: Leasing Property) |
| CBI | Cross-Boundary Innovation Program (Osaka University, Japan) |
| CBI | Computer Based Interlocking (railway signaling interlocking system using microprocessors) |
| CBI | Cheney Brothers, Inc (Riviera Beach, Florida) |
| CBI | Chesapeake Bay Institute (Johns Hopkins University) |
| CBI | Cyber Musical Instruments |
| CBI | Central Bible Institute |
| CBI | Côte Basque Immobilière (French: Basque Coast Realty; Bayonne, France) |
| CBI | Credit Bureau Information |
| CBI | College Bowl, Incorporated |
| CBI | Compliance Biomonitoring Inspection |
| CBI | Compensation and Benefits Instructions (Canada) |
| CBI | Certified Bridge Inspector (Florida, USA) |
| CBI | Confusion Beyond Imagination |
| CBI | Contingency Base Infrastructure (US Army) |
| CBI | Commercial-Business-Industrial |
| CBI | Caregiver's Burden Inventory |
| CBI | Confidence Building Initiative (Macedonia) |
| CBI | Complete Background Investigation |
| CBI | Change in Business Inventories |
| CBI | Character-Based Interface |
| CBI | Coordination Bruxelloise d'Institutions Sociales et de Santé (French: Brussels Coordination of Social and Health Institutions; Brussels, Belgium) |
| CBI | Constructions Bois Industrielles (French: Industrial Wood Construction; Pia, France) |
| CBI | Coffee Brewing Institute |
| CBI | Centre de Bilan Indépendant (French: Center for Independent Review; various locations) |
| CBI | Chiquita Brands, Inc. |
| CBI | Cleared Before Isolation |
| CBI | Community Boating Incorporated |
| CBI | Chemical/Biological Information |
| CBI | Critical Behavior Interviewing (technique) |
| CBI | Cross-Bar Interface |
| CBI | CMM Based Insight |
| CBI | Closed Brain Injury |
| CBI | Critical Behaviour Inventory (ocupational safety) |
| CBI | Compound Batch Identification |
| CBI | Circuit Bundling Initiative |
| CBI | Coordinatie Van Brusselse Instellingen |
| CBI | Capital Budget Item |
| CBI | Canadian-Born Indian |
| CBI | Consommables Bureautiques Informatiques (French: Computer Supplies Office Equipment; Bordeaux, France) |
| CBI | Cercle Bouliste d'Illzach (French sports club) |
| CBI | Clean Burning Initiator |
| CBI | Charitable and Benevolent Institution |
| CBI | Customer Business Issue |
| CBI | Cours Biblique International (French: International Bible Courses) |