what does c.o.b. stand for?

[goo lili]

I have a letter (fax) in front of me with this abbreviation
on the first page.

------------------------------------------------------------
Date: [xx-xx-xxxx]
File No.: [xxxxxx]
From: [Company Name A]
To: [Company Name B]
c.o.b. as [Company Name C]
and [Company Name D]

Memorandum
[blah, blah, blah...]
------------------------------------------------------------

Can anyone tell me what the abbreviation "c.o.b" stands for?
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/COB

Thank you, Ai Matsuzono

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[jmarc...@comcast.net]

Ai asked:

I have a letter (fax) in front of me with this abbreviation
on the first page.

------------------------------------------------------------
Date: [xx-xx-xxxx]
File No.: [xxxxxx]
From: [Company Name A]
To: [Company Name B]
    c.o.b. as [Company Name C]
    and [Company Name D]

Memorandum
[blah, blah, blah...]
------------------------------------------------------------

Can anyone tell me what the abbreviation "c.o.b" stands for?
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/COB

Dear Ai,

Well, I think we can safely exclude the last item in the list in your link.

Could you give some context about the field involved? I was thinking along the lines of "Contacting on behalf", but then it would be "of" rather than "as".


John Marchioro

[Susan Mast]

Here's a possibility:

"company operating business as"
from
http://www.isthatlegal.ca/index.php?name=parties.small_claims_court_law_ontario

You v John Doe (cob Acme Auto Wreckers)
The names not in brackets are the legal names of the parties, and the ones
in brackets are the business names. The initials "cob","coba" or "oba" mean
"company operating business as".

Susan Mast
Lancaster, PA

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From: "goo lili" <mpa...@gmail.com>

> Date: [xx-xx-xxxx]
> File No.: [xxxxxx]
> From: [Company Name A]
> To: [Company Name B]
> c.o.b. as [Company Name C]
> and [Company Name D]
>

[Alan Siegrist]

Ai Matsuzono <mpa...@gmail.com> ponders:

> > Date: [xx-xx-xxxx]
> > File No.: [xxxxxx]
> > From: [Company Name A]
> > To: [Company Name B]
> > c.o.b. as [Company Name C]
> > and [Company Name D]

And Susan Mast writes:

> "company operating business as"
> from
> http://www.isthatlegal.ca/index.php?name=parties.small_claims_court_law_on
> tario
>
> You v John Doe (cob Acme Auto Wreckers)

This is certainly a possibility if the company is in Canada.

Another possibility if the company is in India is this:
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/COB
| COB Carry on Business (license; India)

So to determine what c.o.b. means here for certain, it might be best to know
more about the company and specifically in which country it is located.

Best regards,

Alan Siegrist
Carmel, CA, USA

[Marc Adler]

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Susan Mast <sjm...@gmail.com> wrote:

You v John Doe (cob Acme Auto Wreckers)
The names not in brackets are the legal names of the parties, and the ones in brackets are the business names. The initials "cob","coba" or "oba" mean "company operating business as".

That appears to be the Canadian form of the American d.b.a. -- "doing business as."

Either way, I don't think this applies, because there's two company names, and I don't think one company could do that.

My guess is that it's some form of cc. Maybe?

--
Marc Adler
http://www.linkedin.com/in/adlerpacific

[Brian Chandler]

Marc Adler wrote:

[of A c.o.b. B and C]
...

> That appears to be the Canadian form of the American d.b.a. -- "doing
> business as."
>
> Either way, I don't think this applies, because there's two company names,
> and I don't think one company could do that.

Can't see why not. It's perfectly normal for a single company to have
two or more trading brands - either for different market sectors, or
regions ("Acme soap - known as Dog food east of the Rockies...)

Brian Chandler

[Alan Siegrist]

Marc Adler writes:

You v John Doe (cob Acme Auto Wreckers)
The names not in brackets are the legal names of the parties, and the ones in brackets are the business names. The initials "cob","coba" or "oba" mean "company operating business as".

That appears to be the Canadian form of the American d.b.a. -- "doing business as."

 

Yes, I agree.

 

Either way, I don't think this applies, because there's two company names, and I don't think one company could do that.

 

It might indeed apply.

 

I personally have three company names under which I do business, so I have filed three different d/b/a statements.

 

I agree that it might be strange to send an ordinary letter to a certain entity and mention two different d/b/a names, but if this is a letter regarding a legal matter, it is common practice and even prudent to mention all possible business names under which the entity is doing business.

 

Not only individuals, but companies and corporations can also legally do business under several different business names as long as they file d/b/a statements.

 

Regards,

 

Alan Siegrist

Carmel, CA, USA

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[TimL...@aol.com]

What happens if you google [Company Name B] + [Company Name C]?

 

Tim

[wasabi]

It is an abbreviation for "Care on behalf" as used in the U.K.

Chris Thompson

On May 6, 5:43 pm, goo lili <mpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a letter (fax) in front of me with this abbreviation
> on the first page.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: [xx-xx-xxxx]
> File No.: [xxxxxx]
> From: [Company Name A]
> To: [Company Name B]
>     c.o.b. as [Company Name C]
>     and [Company Name D]
>
> Memorandum
> [blah, blah, blah...]
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>

> Can anyone tell me what the abbreviation "c.o.b" stands for?http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/COB