assumed name

assumed name
noun
1. a name that has been assumed temporarily
Syn: ↑alias, ↑false name
Hypernyms: ↑name
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
Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
Hypernyms: ↑name

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assumed name UK [əˌsjuːmd ˈneɪm] US [əˌsumd ˈneɪm] noun [countable] [singular assumed name plural assumed names]
a name someone uses so that no one will know their real name
Thesaurus: general words for names, and types of namehyponym to name, or to have a particular namesynonym

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asˌsumed ˈname [assumed name] noun
a name that sb uses that is not their real name
Syn: pseudonym

He was living

under an assumed name

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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