assumed name. 1. ALIAS(1). 2. The name under which a business operates or by which it is commonly known (Antex Corporation’s assumed name is Computer Warehouse). • Many states require an individual or business operating under an assumed name to file an assumed-name certificate, usu. in the secretary of state’s office or the county clerk’s […]
d/b/a.abbr. Doing business as. • The abbreviation usu. precedes a person’s or business’s assumed name (Paul Smith d/b/a Paul’s Dry Cleaners).
doing business. The act of engaging in business activities; specif., the carrying out of a series of similar acts for the purpose of realizing a pecuniary benefit, or otherwise accomplishing a goal, or doing a single act with the intention of starting a series of such acts; esp., a nonresident’s participation in sufficient business activities