MBE

MBE (countable and uncountable, plural MBEs)

1. (UK) Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.
   • 2013 November 26, John Plunkett, “Rev John Graham, aka crossword setter Araucaria, dies aged 92”, in The Guardian‎:

     Taken on by the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian) after winning the Observer's crossword-setting competition two years running, he was later made an MBE for services to the newspaper industry.

2. (technology) Initialism of molecular-beam epitaxy.
3. (education) Initialism of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.
4. (business) Initialism of management by exception.

• B.M.E., BEM, BME, Bem, EBM, MEB, emb.