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rego

noun
/ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/UK

Etymology

From registration + -o (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from regero
  2. derived from regesta
  3. derived from registrum
  4. formed as registration — “register + -ation”
  5. suffixed as rego — “registration + o”

Definitions

  1. Registration for a motor vehicle.

    • The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.
    • You might give these people a badge or some livery for their boat and you can give them a discount on the rego of their boat.
    • They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates.

  2. The fee required for such registration.

    • 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…

    The registration number of a motor vehicle, used by police to access registration details such as the identity of the owner.

    • “They also got the regos of the cars. There were two commercial travelers whose cars were trapped inside by the pickets, and they got hit with writs.[…]”
    • A line of cars was parked along one side, presumably belonging to the sex workers and their clients. ‘Get their regos,’ Borghini said to one of his people.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

rego plate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA