# CBS
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛs

### Proper noun

CBS
* Initialism of Columbia Broadcasting System: a U.S. television and radio network, now officially known as CBS Broadcasting.
** 2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN‎:President Trump sued CBS in a federal court alleging that the interview was deceptively “doctored” to help Harris beat Trump. CBS insisted that it was not doctored.
* (education) Initialism of Christian Brothers School.
* (software) Initialism of Component-Based Servicing.

### Noun

CBS (uncountable)
* Initialism of Charles Bonnet syndrome.
* Initialism of combined braking system.
* Initialism of corticobasal syndrome.

### Anagrams

* BCS, BCs, BSC, BSc, BSc., SBC

## Japanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English CBS, an abbreviation of Columbia Broadcasting System.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) シービーエス [shìíbííéꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [5])
* IPA: [ɕiːbʲiːe̞sɨ]

### Proper noun

CBS(シービーエス) • (Shī Bī Esu)
* CBS Broadcasting (US television and radio network)
** 1999 April 9, “Bei no dai kigyō CEO, nenshū, saikō wa 700-oku en, kyūjū-hachi nen. Heikin de wa 13-oku en [Highest CEO annual salary at American company tops 70 billion yen in ’98. Average is 1.3 billion yen]”, in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, page 3:
    一(いっ)般(ぱん)労(ろう)働(どう)者(しゃ)の平(へい)均(きん)賃(ちん)金(ぎん)は二(に)・(てん)七(なな)％(パーセント)しか上(じょう)昇(しょう)しておらず、 Ｃ(シー)Ｅ(イー)Ｏ(オー) の年(ねん)収(しゅう)は一(いっ)般(ぱん)労(ろう)働(どう)者(しゃ)の四(よん)百(ひゃく)十(じゅう)九(きゅう)倍(ばい)に達(たっ)した。二(に)位(い)は Ｃ(シー) Ｂ(ビー) Ｓ(エス) テレビのメル・カーマジン会(かい)長(ちょう)（約(やく)二(に)百(ひゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)億(おく)円(えん)）、三(さん)位(い)はシティグループのサンフォード・ワイル氏(し)（約(やく)二(に)百(ひゃく)二(に)億(おく)円(えん)）。
       Ippan rōdōsha no heikin chingin wa ni-ten-nana pāsento shika jōshō shite orazu, shī-ī-ō no nenshū wa ippan rōdōsha no yonhyakujūkyū-bai ni tasshita. Nii wa Shī Bī Esu terebi no Meru Kāmajin kaichō (yaku nihyakuyonjūgooku-en), san'i wa Shitigurūpu no Sanfōdo Wairu-shi (yaku nihyakunioku-en).
       Regular workers saw a wage increase of only 2.7% on average, while annual income of CEOs reached 419 times that of regular workers. Second highest [paid] was CBS Television CEO Mel Karmazin (about 24.5 billion yen), third was CitiGroup’s Sanford Weil (about 20.2 billion yen).
** 2009 October 29, “Afugan dōji tero Beigun sōha handan muzukashiku [Simultaneous terror attacks in Afghanistan complicate US military reinforcement]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 7:
    オバマ大統領(だいとうりょう)が来月(らいげつ)の訪日前後(ほう)に新戦略(ちぜんごにしんせんりゃく)を発表(はっぴょう)するとの観測(かんそく)も流(なが)れる中(ちゅう)、マケイン米上院議員(べいじょういんぎいん)（共和党(きょうわとう)）は二十八日(にじゅうはちにち)の米(べい)ＣＢＳテレビの番組(ばんぐみ)で、現在約六万八千人(げんざいやくろくまんはっせんにん)のアフガン駐留米兵(ちゅうりゅうべいへい)の状況(じょうきょう)について「（増派(ぞうは)）決定(けってい)の引(ひ)き延(の)ばしは、事態(じたい)を悪化(あっか)させている」と強調(きょうちょう)。
       Obama Daitōryō ga raigetsu no hōnichi zengo ni shinsenryaku o happyō suru to no kansoku mo nagareru chū, Makein bei jōin gīn (Kyōwatō) wa nijūhachinichi no bei ＣＢＳ terebi no bangumi de, genzai yaku rokumanhassennin no Afugan chūryū beihei no jōkyō nitsuite “(zōha) kettei no hiki nobashi wa, jitai o akka saseteiru” to kyōchō.
       Amid speculation that President Obama will announce a new strategy around his visit next month, US Senator McCain (Republican) said on a CBS television program on the 28th, “Stalling the decision (about reinforcements) is making the situation worse” for the approximately 68,000 troops currently stationed in Afghanistan.
** 2015 February 2, “‘Isuramu-koku’: Bei de chijōgun haken atsuryoku. Kyōwatō ‘Daitoryō senryaku machigai’ [Islamic State: pressure to deploy US ground troops. Republicans say ‘President’s tactics wrong’]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 1:
    共和党(きょうわとう)のグラム上院議員(じょういんぎいん)は１日(ついたち)、ＣＢＳテレビの番組(ばんぐみ)で「大統領(だいとうりょう)の戦略(せんりゃく)は間違(まちが)っている。イラク、シリアでも地上部隊(ちじょうぶたい)が必要(ひつよう)だ」と発言(はつげん)し、地上部隊派遣(ちじょうぶたいはけん)を選択肢(せんたくし)から排除(はいじょ)してきた大統領(だいとうりょう)を批判(ひはん)した。
       Kyōwatō no Guramu jōin gīn wa tsuitachi, ＣＢＳ terebi no bangumi de “Daitōryō no senryaku wa machigatteiru. Iraku, Shiria de mo chijō butai ga hitsuyō da” to hatsugen shi, chijō butai haken o sentakushi kara haijo shitekita Daitōryō o hihan shita.
       Republican Senator Graham said on a CBS television program on the 1st, “The President’s strategy is wrong. We need troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria,” criticizing the President for excluding ground troops as an option.
** 2024 September 6, “Harris ‘yūi’ seido ni kimon. Yoron chōsa kaitōritsu 1% (Bei daitōryō sen 2024) [Precision of Harris ‘advantage’ questioned. Poll response rate 1% (US presidential election)]”, in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, page 13:
    ８(はち)月(がつ)３０(さんじゅう)日(にち)時(じ)点(てん)の全(ぜん)米(べい)の世(よ)論(ろん)調(ちょう)査(さ)の平(へい)均(きん)値(ち)をみると、ハリス氏(し)は４８．１％、トランプ氏(し)が４６．２％でハリス氏(し)が１．９ポイント上(うわ)回(まわ)る。ＡＢＣやＣＢＳなどの主(しゅ)要(よう)テレビ局(きょく)やロイター通(つう)信(しん)などの大(おお)手(て)メディアの調(ちょう)査(さ)では３～４ポイントの差(さ)がついた。
       Hachigatsu sanjūnichi jiten no zenbei no yoron chōsa no heikinchi o miru to, Harisu-shi wa ４８．１%, Toranpu-shi ga ４６．２% de Harisu-shi ga １．９ pointo uwamawaru. ＡＢＣ ya ＣＢＳ nado no shuyō terebi kyoku ya Roitā tsūshin nado no ōte media no chōsa de wa ３~４ pointo no sagatsuita.
       As of August 30 the average of national polls shows Harris at 48.1%, Trump at 46.2%, a 1.9 point lead for Harris. Major TV broadcasters such as ABC and CBS and major media outlets such as Reuters have a three to four point margin of error.

### See also

* NBC(エヌビーシー) (Enu Bī Shī, “NBC”)
* ABC(エービーシー) (Ē Bī Shī, “ABC”)

### References

* 1 2 “シー‐ビー‐エス 【ＣＢＳ】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here