assumed name
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Definition
- Noun:
- (Law) A name used by a business for operations that differs from its official, legally registered name. This is a formal, commercial usage.
- A name adopted temporarily by a person; an alias. This refers to a false or alternative name used by an individual, often to conceal identity.
Usage Examples
Noun (Business Context):
- The restaurant operated under an assumed name that was more catchy than its corporate title.
- Filing for an "assumed name" or "DBA" (Doing Business As) is a common practice for sole proprietors.
Noun (Personal Alias Context):
- The author published her first novel under an assumed name.
- He checked into the hotel using an assumed name to avoid the press.
Advanced Usage
- "to do business under an assumed name": To operate a company or trade using a name other than the legal one.
- Many small business owners do business under an assumed name.
Variants and Related Words
- Alias (n): Another word for a false name, especially used by a person. (e.g., )
- Pseudonym (n): A fictitious name, especially one used by an author. (e.g., )
- DBA (Doing Business As) (n): A legal term equivalent to an assumed name in a business context.
- Fictitious name (n): A synonym often used in legal and business settings for an assumed name.
Synonyms
- Alias
- Fictitious name
- False name
- Nom de guerre (for a name used in a specific activity or conflict)
Related Phrases
- Under the name of: Using a specific name, which could be real or assumed.
- She wrote under the name of J.K. Rowling.
- To go by the name of: To be known by a particular name.
- He goes by the name of "Doc" around here.
Noun
- (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation
- a name that has been assumed temporarily