(politics, economics) Acronym of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. / (economics) The fast-growing economies of the above countries

plural of BRIC

(politics, economics) Initialism of Brazil, Russia, India and China: a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.

Any of those four countries.

Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value. / (by extension) Any collection containing a variety of miscellaneous items; a hodgepodge, an olio.

Alternative form of bric-a-brac