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  • noun Alternative spelling of number plate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number

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Examples

  • (one registered in Israel regardless of what kind of numberplate it carries) unless they have received explicit permission to do so.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • 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.

    A life lesson from the late, great Jimi Heselden Martin Wainwright 2010

  • Each entry on the database includes the numberplate, location, date, time and a photograph of the front of the car, which may include images of the driver and any passengers.

    'Big brother' traffic cameras must be regulated, orders home secretary 2010

  • I saw a BMW 3 series yesterday with an M3 numberplate.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Brian Clegg 2010

  • I saw a BMW 3 series yesterday with an M3 numberplate.

    Look, I'm an idiot Brian Clegg 2010

  • Of course, you can argue about elements of that agenda: I live in a largely Muslim part of Birmingham, where CCTV cameras were welcome as part of a mid-90s campaign against kerb-crawlers, but are unwelcome now that they are directed at ordinary citizens driving in and out of the area (the cameras across the street from me gave the police an excellent view not just of my numberplate, but through my front door).

    Labour must stay committed to civil liberties 2010

  • But whenever I had a nice time, I would take the numberplate off a nearby car, as a memento.

    Numberplate 2010

  • (You should also remember that huge swathes of the population are on housing benefits of one sort or another, so the numberplate bill may be a trifle misleading).

    Moving up the table Stephen Tall 2007

  • "N3 DUK" is a UK numberplate - it would have been a regular issue number originally, but nowadays would be a "vanity" plate.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • "N3 DUK" is a UK numberplate - it would have been a regular issue number originally, but nowadays would be a "vanity" plate.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

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