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numberplate

British  
/ ˈnʌmbəˌpleɪt /

noun

  1. Canadian term: licence plate.  Usual US term: license plate.  a plate mounted on the front and back of a motor vehicle bearing the registration number

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To skirt the alternate days regulation, many families buy a used car with a different numberplate.

From The Guardian Feb. 28, 2018

Tiner, who has a personalised T1NER numberplate, then joined colourful entrepreneur Clive Cowdery at insurance buyout vehicle Resolution.

From The Guardian Aug. 6, 2012

He could appear paternalistic – offering £1,000 to employees to give up smoking, or unexpectedly having a new car with a cherished numberplate ready for a high-performing colleague when they arrived at work.

From The Guardian Oct. 17, 2010

The footage and stories are so classic that you'll be entranced even if you never owned a numberplate in your life.

From Time Magazine Archive

When applying a front numberplate background, start from the upper left corner and work down toward the lower right corner.

From Time Magazine Archive

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