Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name or title of a firm in business.
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Examples
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Here be began business under the firm-name of Wilder and Payson, in Union
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various
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Mr. Smith died a year after securing his patent, and the firm-name was changed to R. Hoe & Co., but from the manufacture of the Smith press the company made a fortune.
Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis
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The governor thinks a firm-name looks well on my cards.
The Auction Block Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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In the midst of this task Joe glanced at the firm-name, gilt-lettered on the face of it, and read: "Bronson & Tate."
Chapter XVIII 1902
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In the midst of this task Joe glanced at the firm-name gilt-lettered on the face of it, and read,
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A great commercial house sprang up in the town under the firm-name of
The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902
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Our elderly hero, having bought out the business, firm-name and all, for many years had carried it on with success and profit.
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Our elderly hero, having bought out the business, firm-name and all, for many years had carried it on with success and profit.
The Magic Egg and Other Stories Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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From this time dates the opening of the celebrated Parisian banking-house of Mongenod & Co. The firm-name changed to Mongenod & Son, and then to Mongenod Brothers.
Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2 Anatole Cerfberr 1865
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"I believe we have transactions with a party in Hartford, with the firm-name of H.L. Davis & Co.?"
The Telegraph Boy Horatio Alger 1865
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