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DBA¹

noun DBAs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of database analyst
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of database administrator
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of daily benefit amount
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of dibenzylideneacetone
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of doctorate of business administration

phrase

  1. alternative Alternative form of dba (“doing business as”).

dba²

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism 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 dbas

  1. 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. A business doing business under such an alias. Many dbas have used that mailbox service.

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@misc{dba_2026,
  title = {dba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}