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rego en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/ (UK)
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Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable, usually) Registration for a motor vehicle.
   • When you come to buy or sell a car, every state has its own regulations, particularly with rego (registration). 2008, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Peter Dragicevich, Justin Flynn, Paul Harding, East Coast Australia, page 501:
   • 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. 2003, Australian Senate, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 18057:
   • They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates. 2007, Archie Gerzee, WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer, page 223:
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable, usually) The fee required for such registration.
   • David couldn′t drive his car as he hadn′t paid his rego.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, countable, usually) 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.[…]” 1984, Renfrey Clarke, The Picket: Tasmanian Mine Workers Defend Their Jobs, page 84:
   • 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. 2010, Alex Palmer, The Labyrinth of Drowning, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page:

Forms

Deriveds

rego plate