n. anyone holding something, such as a check, promissory note, ba...

Old English -berere (in water-berere), agent noun from bear (v.). Meaning "one who helps carry a corpse to the grave" is from 1630s.

A person holding a negotiable instrument, such as a check, promissory note, bank draft, or bond. This becomes important when the document states it is "payable to bearer," which means whoeve [..]

Definition The holder of a negotiable instrument.

a person holding a check, draft, or other negotiable instrument for payment esp. marked payable to bearer or having a blank endorsement

The legal owner of a piece of property.

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Bearer is a holder a negotiable instrument such as a promissory note, check, bond, or bank draft. Under the Uniform Commercial Code, a negotiable instrument may be enforced by the party in possession.

(n) someone whose employment involves carrying something(n) a messenger who bears or presents(n) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral(n) the person who is in possession of a check or n [..]

A person holding a legal instrument.

A term applied to foundations, particularly those having vertical web plates themselves are called bearers.

n. anyone holding something, such as a check, promissory note, bank draft, or bond. This becomes important when the document (generally called a "negotiable instrument") states it is "p [..]

Holder or person in possession of money or of a check, note, or other instrument.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. * Bible, 2 Chron. ii. 18 *: Bearers of burdens. * Dryden *: The bearer of unhappy news. Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body d [..]