corporate name
corporate name 公司名称；法人名称 指公司用以从事各种法律行为——诸如起诉、应诉、纳税、处分财产——的已登记的名称。该名称须经相关的政府机关登记，并在公司执照上记载。在美国，公司名称的登记机关为州务卿，并且大多数州规定公司名称中须含有「corporation」、「incorporated」、「company」或它们的缩略语字样。公司的名称被认为是公司作为法人实体存在的一个要素及公司特许权的组成部分。
corporate name
corporate name
The registered name under which a corporation conducts legal affairs such as suing, being sued, and paying taxes; the name that a corporation files with a state authority (usu. the secretary of state) as the name under which the corporation will conduct its affairs. • A corporate name usu. includes, and in many states is