From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin somebody’s name/in the name of somebodyin somebody’s name/in the name of somebodyOWNUSE something a) if something is in someone’s name, it officially belongs to them or is for them to use The house is in my husband’s name. I’ve booked a table in the name of Steinmann. b) REPRESENT formal as someone else’s official representative I claim this land in the name of the King! → name
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in somebody’s name/in the name of somebody• Requests for the metal are made in telexes in the names of banks or solicitors acting for the buyer. 