Definition of "dba" in English

phrase

1. (business) Initialism of doing business as: used to indicate the public alias of a business legally constituted under a different name.

   • His company is "Simon Enterprises, Inc. (2007)", dba "Simon's Party Spot".

noun

1. (business) An alias of a business entity.

   • His company has done business under a succession of dbas because he can't settle on a good name.

2. (business) A business doing business under such an alias.

   • Many dbas have used that mailbox service.