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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name or title of a firm in business.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • The governor thinks a firm-name looks well on my cards.

    The Auction Block Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • 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

  • In the midst of this task Joe glanced at the firm-name gilt-lettered on the face of it, and read,

    The Cruise of the "Dazzler" 1902

  • A great commercial house sprang up in the town under the firm-name of

    The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902

  • 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 1884

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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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