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bearer Definition

bearer (ber′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that bears, carries, or supports
  2. a plant or tree that produces fruit or blooms
  3. Rare a pallbearer
  4. a person presenting for payment a check, note, money order, etc.

adjective

payable to the bearer bearer bonds

bearer Synonyms

bearer

n.

  1. One who presents a draft for payment

    payee, consignee, beneficiary, casher, collector, endorsee.

  2. One who carries a burden

    porter, packman, carrier, transporter, conveyor, courier, pallbearer, messenger, beast of burden, coolie.

bearer Law Definition

n

A person in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, security, or other similar document that is marked “payable to bearer” or is indorsed in blank. Depending upon its nature, the document is called a bearer bond, bearer instrument, bearer paper, or the like and, if it is for the payment of money, it is said to be payable to bearer.
bearer Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • tidings: It is never pleasant to be the bearer of such tidings.
  • ideology: On the other hand, only an international organization can be the bearer of an international ideology.
  • burden: No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another.
  • news: Pauline's the bearer of bad news for Sonia.
  • tradition: This man is African-American who has learned much of what he knows from the last active bearers of the older traditions.

Converse of object

  • elect: He will be opposed when the group meet to elect new office bearers.
  • entitle: A Premier Enclosure Badge entitles the bearer to access all main Restaurants.
  • appoint: The reserve arbiter shall be appointed by the Constitutional Subcommittee, subject to ratification by a General Meeting, as an appointed office bearer.

Adjective modifier

  • standard: Oxford is the standard bearer for the whole of the South East region in the UK competition to become European Capital of Culture 2008.

Modifies a noun

  • share: Bearer Shares can be issued with or without a par value.
  • instrument: A good example of a bearer instrument is cash!
  • shareholder: If you are a bearer shareholder, the pack is sent directly to your home if you hold 1,000 Units or more.
  • bond: The nearest Consols came to being bearer bonds were ' stock certificates to bearer ' .
  • certificate: Bearer share certificates do not indicate the name of the owner.

Noun used with modifier

  • stretcher: These would include stretcher bearers who often put their lives at risk to rescue injured soldiers in No Mans Land.
  • pall: He was one of the pall bearers at the Burial of the Unknown Warrior on 11th November 1920.
  • mace: The Mayoral party, led in by the mace bearer, was a spectacular sight as they took their places on the dais.
  • flashlight: The two flashlight bearers of Mithras stand at either side of the bull slaying scene.
  • office: Such Trustees may be office bearers of the Society or Bank Nominees.
  • armor: The two main profile people who were really targeted as the armor bearers were Ali and myself.