This check is payable to the bearer.
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Bearer
//ˈbɛəɹə//
Synonyms for "bearer" (112 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (56)
internunciojockjockstrapkeenerlamenterletter carrierlitter-bearermainstaymaintainermastmessagemournermuteneckporterprinting equipmentprofessional mournerpropredcapreinforce
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Related word relations
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More general
9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
57 entriesShowing 16 of 57 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- носа́ч noun (one who bears)
- приноси́тел noun (one who bears)
Czech
2 entries- nosič noun (one who bears)
- posel noun (one who bears)
Dutch
4 entries- drager noun (one who bears)
- drager noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
- koelie noun (domestic servant in India)
- toonder noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
Finnish
4 entries- arkunkantaja noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
- kantaja noun (one who bears)
- kantaja noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
- kantaja noun (domestic servant in India)
French
4 entries- porteur noun (one who bears)
- porteur noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
- porteuse noun (one who bears)
- porteuse noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
German
4 entries- Inhaber noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
- Inhaberin noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
- Träger noun (one who bears)
- Träger noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
Hindi
3 entries- धारणकर्ता noun (one who bears)
- वाहक noun (one who bears)
- वाहक noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
Icelandic
3 entries- beri noun (one who bears)
- handhafi noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
- kistuberi noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
Italian
3 entries- portatore noun (one who bears)
- portatore noun (domestic servant in India)
- titolare noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
Japanese
2 entries- 所持人 noun (one who bears)
- 所持人 noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
Kazakh
4 entries- алып жүруші noun (one who bears)
- апарушы noun (one who bears)
- тасушы noun (one who bears)
- әкелуші noun (one who bears)
Korean
1 entries- 소지인 noun (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- portador noun (one who bears)
Russian
4 entries- носи́льщик noun (one who bears)
- носи́льщик noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
- носи́льщица noun (one who bears)
- носи́льщица noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
Spanish
2 entries- portador noun (one who bears)
- portadora noun (one who bears)
Ukrainian
4 entries- носи́льник noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
- носи́льниця noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
- носі́й noun (one who bears)
- носі́й noun (someone who helps carry the coffin)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The bearer of this letter is my friend Suzuki.
Source: tatoeba (329608)
This ticket entitles the bearer to one chocolate sundae.
Source: tatoeba (700001)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news.
Source: tatoeba (2952105)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
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