Appendix:Terminology differences between Indonesian and Standard Malay (B)

Main article: Appendix:Indonesian–Standard Malay relations

English	Topics	Translation in Indonesian	Translation in Standard Malay	Notes
bachelor's degree	education	sarjana	sarjana muda
backfire	mechanical engineering	api balik	sedakan
backpack	fashion	ransèl	beg galas
bad debt	business	utang buruk, piutang tak tertagih	hutang lapuk
badminton	sport	bulu tangkis	badminton
balance (difference between credit and debit of an account)	accounting	saldo	baki
balance sheet account	accounting	akun neraca	akaun kunci kira-kira
balance sheet, statement of financial position	accounting	neraca	penyata kedudukan kewangan
ballot paper	politics	kertas suara, surat suara	kertas undi
ballpoint pen		bolpoin	pen mata bola
bandwidth		lebar pita	lebar jalur
bank statement	business	rekening koran	penyata bank
bankrupt	business	bangkrut	muflis
bar chart	statistics	grafik batang	carta palang
basal metabolic rate	physiology	laju metabolisme basal	kadar metabolisme asas
base, basic, fundamental		dasar	asas
base (of transistor)	electronics	basis	tapak
base quantity	physics	bêsaran dasar	kuantiti asas
basic operation	mathematics	operasi dasar	operasi asas
basic personality		kepribadian dasar	personaliti asas
basis point	economics	nilai dasar	mata asas
bathtub		bak mandi	tab mandi
beam	civil engineering	balok	rasuk
bearing capacity	civil engineering	daya dukung	keupayaan galas
belt	fashion	ikat pinggang	tali pinggang
bending	civil engineering	kelentukan	lenturan
benefit (of insurance)	finance	maslahat	faedah
benefit-cost analysis	economics	analisis biaya-manfaat	analisis faedah-kos
benefit-cost ratio	economics	nisbah biaya-manfaat	nisbah faedah-kos
bilateral	international relation	bilateral	dua hala
binary	computer science	binèr	perduaan
binder course	civil engineering	lapisan antara	lapisan pengikat
biomass	science	biomassa	biojisim
bipolar disorder	psychology	gangguan bipolar	kelainan bipolar
birth certificate	government	akta kelahiran	sijil kelahiran
birth rate	demography	angka kelahiran	kadar kelahiran
bite (swollen skin after being stung by an insect or mosquito)		béntol	bintat
black box	mechanical engineering	kotak hitam	peti hitam
black hole	astronomy	lubang hitam	lohong hitam
blacklist		daftar hitam	senarai hitam
black market	business	pasar gelap	pasaran gelap
bleach (chemical)		pemutih	peluntur
block (verb: to prevent)		blokir	sekat
board (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material)	chemistry	karton	bod
bodily fluid	anatomy	cairan tubuh	cecair badan
body mass index	medicine	indeks massa tubuh	indeks jisim badan
boiling point	physics	titik didih	takat didih
bond	business	obligasi	bon
bonfire		api unggun	unggun api
bookkeeping	accounting	pembukuan	simpan kira
booth (an enclosure)		bilik	pondok
border	government	pêrbatasan	sempadan
bouquet	art	bukèt	jambak
brainstorming	communication	curah pêndapat	sumbang saran
brake	mechanical engineering	rèm	brék
brake shoes	mechanical engineering	sêpatu rèm	kasut brék
breach of trust	law	pelanggaran kepercayaan	pecah amanah
breeding	biology	pembiakan, pêmuliaan, penangkaran	pembiakbakaan
broker	business	makelar, pialang	broker
bronze medal		medali perunggu	pingat gangsa
brush		sikat	berus
bucket		èmbèr	baldi
buckling	civil engineering	tekukan	lengkokan
budget	business	anggaran	belanjawan
budgeting	business	penganggaran	pembelanjawanan
buffer zone	law	zona pênyangga	zon penampan
buffering	cytology	penyangga	penimbalan
buffet	culinary	prasmanan, bufèt	bufét
building (the act or process by which something is built)		pembangunan	pembinaan
bulb	botany	umbi lapis	bebawang
bulk	business	curah	pukal
bulk crystal	physics	kristal limbak	hablur pukal
buoyancy (ability)	mechanics	keterapungan	keapungan
buoyancy (upward force)	mechanics	gaya apung	daya apungan
burn (physical injury)	medicine	luka bakar	luka lecur
burner	science	pêmbakar	penunu
button	engineering	tombol	butang
button	fashion	kancing	butang
byelection	politics	pemilihan sela	pilihan raya kecil