ASSUMED NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assumed name mean? 

• ASSUMED NAME (noun)
  The noun ASSUMED NAME has 2 senses:

1. a name that has been assumed temporarily

2. (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

  Familiarity information: ASSUMED NAME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSUMED NAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A name that has been assumed temporarily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

alias; assumed name; false name

Hypernyms ("assumed name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

assumed name; DBA; Doing Business As; fictitious name

Hypernyms ("assumed name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)