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rego status

rego status

8.9
A record that shows whether a vehicle is legally registered to drive on public roads
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : estado del registro
  • You can look up your rego status online to see if your car is registered.

Examples

  • The police officer asked to see proof of the vehicle's rego status.

  • Before renewing your insurance, check the rego status of your vehicle.

  • What is your rego status?

  • I checked the rego status of my car.

  • Before renewing your insurance, check the rego status of your vehicle.

  • The police officer asked to see proof of the vehicle's rego status.

  • You can look up your rego status online to see if your car is registered.

Synonyms

status
vsrego status
658 2.9

A current condition of something at a specific time

focuses on a vehicle's current registration situation in Australia or New Zealand
registration
vsrego status
  • Formal
113 2.1

An official paper that shows officials have recorded a person or thing

refers to the vehicle's current recorded state rather than the official paper
rego
vsrego status
  • Australian
1 9.9

The official registration or yearly fee for a vehicle

focuses on a vehicle's current registration condition not the general process or fee

How Current

current
∞ 1.0
renewed
2 3.8
rego status
  • Australian
8.9
pending
18 3.0
suspended
  • Specialized
5.8
expired
43 2.1

Surface Forms

rego status singular
rego statuses plural

Morphology

rego + status

The meaning is directly compositional: 'rego' (= vehicle registration) combined with 'status' (= current condition) yields 'current registration status of a vehicle'. Although 'rego' is regional/informal Australian slang, the semantic combination follows a straightforward noun+noun composition that is easily inferable by learners who know both constituents.

Etymology

Rego status comes from using the short form rego for the word 'registration' in Australia and New Zealand, with status meaning the current state. Imagine the sticker on a car window that shows the registration date; checking the rego status is like checking that sticker to see if the vehicle is 'registered'.