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assumed name

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assumed name
Noun
a false name used by someone to disguise his or her identity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.assumed name - a name that has been assumed temporarily
alias, false name
name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
2.assumed name - (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
DBA, Doing Business As, fictitious name
name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Translations
Spanish assumed name n → nombre m falso
French assumed name [əˈsjuːmd-] n → nom m d'emprunt
German assumed name [əˈsjuːmd-] assume n → Deckname m
Italian assumed name n → nome m falso
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Under an assumed name I have wormed myself into its service for revenge; and as there is a heaven above us, I will have its heart's blood
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Having been published without his usual elaborate revision, Poe may have wished to hide his hasty work under an assumed name.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Three months ago, therefore, I went out to meet him as a knight-errant, under the assumed name of the Knight of the Mirrors, intending to engage him in combat and overcome him without hurting him, making it the condition of our combat that the vanquished should be at the disposal of the victor.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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