n.
- One that carries or supports, as:
- A porter.
- A pallbearer.
- One that holds a check or other redeemable note for payment.
- A fruit- or flower-bearing plant.
Dictionary:
bear·er (bâr'ər)
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Business Dictionary:
Bearer |
The person in possession of an instrument, document of title, or security payable to bearer or endorsed in blank. A note payable to ‘bearer' is payable to any person who successively holds the note Bona Fide, not by virtue of any assignment of promise, but by an original and direct promise moving from the maker to the ‘bearer.'
Thesaurus:
bearer |
noun
Architecture:
bearer |
1. Any horizontal beam, joist, or member which supports a load.
2. A support for a landing or winder in a stair.
3. The ribbon board in balloon framing, which supports second-floor joists.
4. A horizontal member of a scaffold upon which the platform rests and which may be supported by ledgers.
Law Encyclopedia:
Bearer |
One who is the holder or posses- sor of an instrument that is negotiable — for example, a check, a draft, or a note — and upon which a specific payee is not designated.
A negotiable instrument that is payable to "bearer" or to "cash" or to "the order of cash," that is, not naming a payee, is a bearer instrument, and is called "bearer" paper.
Translations:
bearer |
Nederlands (Dutch)
drager, sjouwer, houder, bode, bediende, incasseerder
Français (French)
n. - porteur, porteur (lors de funérailles), serviteur, porteur (d'un chèque), titulaire (d'un passeport), (Bot) (un arbre) qui donne bien, (Constr, Tech) support
Deutsch (German)
n. - Träger, Überbringer
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κομιστής, κάτοχος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - portador (m), titular (m), gato (m) pingado, berço (m), criado (m) particular
Русский (Russian)
курьер, посланец, гонец
Español (Spanish)
n. - soporte, porteador, portador, poseedor
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bärare, kurir
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
带信人, 持有人, 持票人, 挑夫, 搬运工
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 帶信人, 持有人, 持票人, 挑夫, 搬運工
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 운반인, 심부름꾼, 지참인
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 運搬人, 持参人
adj. - 持参人払いの
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حامله, حمال
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מוכ"ז, נושא, מניב פרי
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