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.
late 14c., a difficult question proposed for solution, from Old French problÃ¨me (14c.) and directly from Latin problema, from Greek problema a task, that which is proposed, a question; also anything projecting, headland, promontory; fence, barrier; also a problem in geometry, literally thing put forward, from proballein propose, from pro forward (see pro-) + ballein to throw (see ballistics).