IRB
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[edit]Noun
[edit]IRB (plural IRBs)
- Initialism of institutional review board, a committee that reviews the designs of proposed experiments to confirm whether all the methods proposed are ethical.
- Initialism of investment review board, a committee of business executives who review investment choices, comparing against strategy and opportunity costs.
- Initialism of internal review board, an internal affairs division of a police department.
Adjective
[edit]IRB (not comparable)
Proper noun
[edit]IRB
- (historical) Initialism of Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.
- (rugby, historical) Initialism of International Rugby Board, the name used by World Rugby, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, from 1998 to 2014.