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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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 Previous estimates by the RBI put GDP growth during India’s fiscal second-quarter — which is from July to September — at 7.2%. Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024 Three years ago, RBI spent $1 billion on Firehouse Subs to add sub sandwiches to its portfolio. Hank Tucker, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Kiké Hernández continued his rise from scrub to Señor Octubre with an RBI single in the sixth. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 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 29 Nov. 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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