The Unified Business Identifier number, or UBI, is a nine-digit number used by the state of Washington to identify businesses there to local agencies. Businesses in Washington state use a Unified Business Identifier number for filing, taxes and identification with state agencies, according the Washington Secretary of State website.
Definition of preliminary for English Language Learners. : something that comes first in order to prepare for or introduce the main part of something else.
the act of introducing or the state of being introduced. a formal personal presentation of one person to another or others. a preliminary part, as of a book, musical composition, or the like, leading up to the main part. an elementary treatise: an introduction to botany. an act or instance of inserting.