assumed name

Questions about assumed name

What does assumed name mean?

assumed name means "a name that has been assumed temporarily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for assumed name?

Close synonyms include alias, false name, fictitious name, Doing Business As, DBA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assumed name a common word?

assumed name is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.