rego
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- noun
- Australian
:
registro
- Well, that pair from Rego Park, remember?
Examples
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Even got the bloody rego.
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Peter Rego
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I saw a couple of your trucks over in Rego Park the other day.
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Online rego isn't hard; after all, people pay bills that way.
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Address, car rego--
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I need to update the rego for my new car before I can drive it.
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She received a reminder to renew her vehicle's rego by the end of the month.
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The police officer checked the car's rego to ensure it was valid.
Synonyms
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An official paper that shows officials have recorded a person or thing
Compounds
- Australian
A record that shows whether a vehicle is legally registered to drive on public roads
How Formal
- Formal
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- Australian
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Surface Forms
Morphology
rego = registration (semi-transparent) = reg + o
Form is clearly derived from 'registration' by clipping and the informal Australian '-o' suffix; the meaning is related but informal and regionally marked, so learners may not predict it reliably.
Etymology
Rego is an Australian short form of registration, made by shortening the word and adding -o, a friendly ending people in Australia use. So rego means a car's official papers, the registration process, or the fee you pay.