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rego.

Registration for a motor vehicle.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/UK
  1. Registration for a motor vehicle.

    Australia · New-Zealand · colloquial · uncountable · usually
    The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.
  2. The fee required for such registration.

    Australia · New-Zealand · colloquial · uncountable · usually
    David couldn′t drive his car as he hadn′t paid his rego.
  3. The registration number of a motor vehicle, used by police to access registration details such as the identity of the owner.

    Australia · New-Zealand · colloquial · countable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English register Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English registration Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English rego From registration + -o (diminutive suffix).

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