Synonyms

trade name

trade name

noun
1.
the name used by a manufacturer, merchant, service company, farming business, etc., to identify itself individually as a business.
2.
a word or phrase used in a trade to designate a business, service, or a particular class of goods, but that is not technically a trademark, either because it is not susceptible of exclusive appropriation as a trademark or because it is not affixed to goods sold in the market.
3.
the name by which an article or substance is known to the trade.

Origin:
1860–65

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trade-name

[treyd-neym]
verb (used with object), trade-named, trade-nam·ing.
to designate with or register under a trade name.

Origin:
1860–65

DBA

doing business as.
Also, dba, d.b.a., d/b/a


DBA often precedes the name under which a business operates that is not the legal name of the owner of the business, but a name sometimes called a fictitious name or trade name.

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trade name
 
n
1.  the name used by a trade to refer to a commodity, service, etc
2.  the name under which a commercial enterprise operates in business

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