registration number
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- noun
- /ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən ˈnʌmbər/
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número de matrícula
- The police officer recorded the vehicle's registration number to verify its ownership.
- vehicle registration number
Examples
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For example, to secure TitlePLUS title insurance coverage, the insured is always required to submit the registration number for the transfer (or mortgage), so we know the deal was closed and registration occurred.
Blog text (10) -
Registration number... UK-9023.
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I need a registration number.
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The registration number is: R-I-C-H.
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Did you check out his registration number?
Fiction book (1997) -
That registration number matches one we were given.
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It carried his registration number.
Fiction book (1991) -
The name is the Jolly Roger, California registration number 360964.
Fiction book (1991) -
"1978 model, colour yellow, registration number: india zulu 6393."
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Registration number, RNK 003...
Synonyms
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Numbers or letters on a car's number plate that identify the vehicle
A number on a car's license plate that identifies the vehicle
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'registration' (the act or record of registering) with 'number' (a numeric identifier): it denotes the numeric identifier assigned as part of a registration. This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Registration number comes from the practice of recording a vehicle in an official list. Imagine a clerk writing each car in a big book and giving it a unique number. The registration is that recorded entry, so the car can be found later, and that's why the term now means the unique number on a vehicle's plate used to 'identify' it.