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dba

dba is the initialism of doing business as.

Noun (1)

dba (plural 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.

Noun (2) capitalized: DBA

DBA (plural 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 capitalized: DBA

DBA

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

Forms of dba

pluraldbas
pluralDBAs

Questions about dba

What does dba mean?
Dba means an alias of a business entity.
What is dba the initialism of?
Dba is the initialism of doing business as.
What part of speech is dba?
Dba can be a noun or a phrase.
What is the plural of dba?
The plural of dba is dbas.

Words near dba in the dictionary

  1. Daşoguz
  2. Dažbog
  3. DB
  4. db8
  5. db8s
  6. dba
  7. DBaaS
  8. DBAL
  9. DBALs
  10. dbas
  11. dBASE

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dba (page history and authors); DBA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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