registrationn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛdʒᵻˈstreɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdʒəˈstrəɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s– registration; also Scottish pre-1700 registracione, pre-1700 registratione, pre-1700 registratioun.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin registration-, registratio.

Etymology: Probably < post-classical Latin registration-, registratio act or registering or recording (13th cent.; frequently from 14th cent. in British sources) < registrat- , past participial stem of registrare register v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French registration act of registering (c1347–53; now only in music).

a. The action of registering or recording something; the process of being registered. clause of registration: (Scots Law) a clause in deeds providing for their being properly registered.

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society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > registration

descrivingc1325

descriptiona1425

descrying1440

brevementc1475

enrolment1552

register1563

registration?1566

booking1583

matriculating1585

registry1589

inrotulation1590

counterrolment1598

enregistering1604

taxation1686

re-registration1836

preregistration1928

?1566 Acts Parl. Scot. (1814) II. Chron. Table 4/1 Anent the registracione of letteris of newe infeftment confirmacion &c.

?1566 Acts Parl. Scot. (1814) II. 33/2 Registratioun of ane appunctuament betuix my lord Governour and James Hammiltoun.

1609 in C. P. Stewart Hist. Mem. Stewarts of Fothergill (1870) 121 Incais of registratioun of thir presentis in our default.

c1680 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 705 Remember, that immediately before the Clause of Registration, ye insert the Faculty reserved by the Father to himself.

1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. xxxiii. 637 The apparent Heir..is not obliged to go to all other Registers, not being able to know the Clauses of Registration, or in what Courts the Writs are to be registrat.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. ii. iv. 409 The Lord Register..has the Power of appointing Clerks for Registration of Seasines and Admissions of Nottars.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 471 Duties upon registration [have become] extremely common.

1836 Act 6 & 7 William IV c. 86 §1 So much of the said Acts as relates to the Registration of Marriages.

1877 Nature 23 Sept. 421 The registration of temperature is one of the most difficult of meteorological problems.

1903 A. B. Hart Actual Govt. 73 The annual registration practically requires a man to appear twice, once to register and once to vote.

1920 Science 20 Aug. 170 General meeting of the society, Gold Room, Congress Hotel. Registration during the morning.

1997 Whitby Gaz. 25 Oct. 1/1 North Yorkshire County Council wants to save £15,300 next year by reorganising the registration of births, marriages and deaths in the country.

b. An instance of registering something; (also) an entry in a register.

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society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > entry in

registera1443

registration1599

registry1770

re-register1858

1599 Sc. Acts James VI (single sheet) 31 July Receiue fra the parties their evidents, & regestrat the same within the space of twenty foure houres, nixt after the receipt thereof, and deliver to the presentar of the same, their Evidents marked be him, with the daye, Moneth, and zeir of the registratioun.

1617 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 546/1 Oure said souerane Lord..ordanis the same registeris and registratiounes foirsaidis to be insert thairin.

1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 97 A Page is filled with such Registrations.

1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible II. viii. i. 1246/1 Their [sc. the censors'] Business was to make a Registration of all the Roman Citizens.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 31 A register book of wills..wherein registrations are made.

1834 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 197/1 The Attorney-General said that a registration of births of Dissenters was necessary even to Protestants, and to all persons who had or might be left property.

1925 Kennel Gaz. Aug. 706/2 (heading) Any other breed or variety..not classified... Groenendals. 4 Registrations.

2007 Your Family Tree July 17/2 The new GRO computer system simply isn't sturdy enough to cope with the number of registrations.

c. A reading indicated on an instrument or measuring device; such indication of a measurement. Cf. register v. 4a.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > graduated instruments > indication on a measuring instrument

indication1742

reading1772

registration1837

pointer-reading1867

1837 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 6 ii. 618 I hare been enabled to commence a continuous series of two-hourly registrations of the thermometer, and an hourly one once a week at this station.

1885 Electrician 9 May 525/1 Telemetry has been practically applied in America..the temperature registrations being exceedingly accurate.

1959 E. Pulgram Introd. Spectrogr. Speech vi. 52 The kymograph produces registrations representing variations in the total amount of pressure during articulation.

2006 Blood Pressure Monitoring 11 161 Validation of a non-mercury digital auscultatory device with manual pressure registration.

d. British. Education. The action of recording pupil attendance in a school register (register n.¹ 5c); the period (usually once or twice a day) during which this takes place.

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1897 Rep. Comm. Council on Educ. (Eng. & Wales) App. iii. 493 If we..deduct a daily amount of 10 minutes for the afternoon registration and of 20 minutes for the morning and afternoon periods of recreation, there remain only 20 hours of actual teaching.

1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London v. 93 After registration I took house prayers as House Captain.

1973 K. Williams School Counsellor vii. 106 John walked into the classroom for morning registration.

1991 ACE Bull. July 15/2 Seven out of ten schoolchildren admitting to bunking off after registration at least once a month.

2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1 Text messages will be sent to the mobile phones of parents whose children have not turned up to class by morning registration.

e. The unique number or series of letters and figures identifying a motor vehicle, assigned on registration and displayed on a number plate, which sometimes contains an indication of the date or place of registration. Cf. registration number n. at Compounds 2.In Great Britain the date of registration is typically indicated by a single letter prefix or suffix, or a two-digit code (see reg n.⁴). In some countries, such as the United States and Canada, registration plates often include symbols or words indicating the place of registration.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number

registration number1841

index number1875

plate number1881

registration mark1903

registration1930

licence number1937

rego1967

1930 Hartford (Connecticut) Daily Courant 16 Sept. 17/2 The car is a 1928 Hupmobile sedan, painted dark blue, registration P-1402.

1967 Times 20 Dec. 13/6 (advt.) 1967 Jensen Interceptor saloon (‘F’ registration) with latest Italian-styled coachwork.

1988 S. Gray Time of our Darkness xiii. 208 Then a Kombi with a Swaziland registration pulled up alongside our car.

1990 News Jrnl. (Wilmington) 9 July a3/4 Huber is driving a blue 1988 Ford Taurus sedan with Pennsylvania registration ACG251.

2003 R. Rendell Rottweiler 210 She found herself wondering why she hadn't noted down the registration.

f. A process of acquiring full British citizenship, available only to people with particular links to the United Kingdom; (also) the status conferred by this. The British Nationality Act of 1981 restricted the availability of the process to those with some form of British nationality, such as British Overseas citizens or children born abroad to British parents.

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1948 Times 19 Feb. 2/1 An alien woman marrying a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies will not automatically acquire that citizenship on marriage, but..she may apply for registration as a citizen.

1981 Brit. Jrnl. Law & Society 8 239 Registration is to be retained..for a variety of different cases, most of them minor children but also for British Overseas Citizens and citizens of the British dependent territories.

1982 Mod. Law Rev. 45 195 It is disturbing to read that 63 registrations have been treated as nullities.

1995 J. L. Coleman & S. K. Harding in W. F. Schwartz Justice in Immigration ii. 31 British citizenship can be acquired through either registration or naturalization.

2002 H. Fenwick Civil Liberties & Human Rights (ed. 3) xv. 945 Before 1981, wives of citizens of the UK and Colonies acquired on marriage the right to obtain citizenship by registration.

2. The action of manipulating the various registers (register n.¹ 9a) available in an organ (or harpsichord) in order to achieve a particular sound; the balance of tone and its musical effect resulting from such manipulation. Cf. register v. 6.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > combination sound on keyboard

registration1874

1874 Galaxy Mar. 383/2 His manner of registration was..so peculiar to himself, and so unusual, that many organists and many organ makers were frightened when they first saw him prepare to play.

1881 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 238 The awkward..word ‘registration’, which is the only expression we have for the study of effect and combination of tone on the organ, and means the same in regard to it that ‘orchestration’ means in regard to the orchestra.

1961 R. Russell in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages iv. 80 Undue preoccupation with such things as registration..tends to obscure the fundamental musical requirements of the instrument [sc. the harpsichord].

1973 Gramophone Sept. 508/1 As to registration, she shows that, given the right instrument.., it is scarcely ever necessary to change in the course of a movement save for repeats.

1991 Music & Lett. 72 111 In Vol. 2 Knecht turns to registration and gives an alphabetical list of stops and their uses.

2005 N.Y. Times 10 July ii. 23/2 Because Bruckner was an expert organist, some have likened the pauses [in his music] to the gaps that result when organists change registration.

3. The state of being in register; coincidence of position, alignment. Also: the action of bringing this about. Cf. register n.¹ 12b.

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society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > precise positioning

register1683

registering1839

registration1901

preregistration1928

1875 U.S. Patent 162,662 1/1 The said pipe C is provided with an offset, H, which opens with a circular face, so as to make a perfect registration with the damper, which is of a corresponding shape.

1901 Chambers's Jrnl. June 364/1 The skilled attendant replaces them in the clip, one upon another, taking a little care to ensure perfect ‘registration’..and, lo! there is a finely painted lantern slide!

1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 70/3 The printing mask is made from any opaque, thin paper..or you can use thin red celluloid to make the aligning and registration easier.

1975 J. B. Harley Ordnance Survey Maps i. 11 A second sheet of plastic material carrying an opaque coating is placed in exact registration with the first.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Orthodontics 20 103/1 The dental and skeletal templates... The following superimpositions/registrations were performed during the digitization process.

2005 G. A. Walker Woodcut Artist's Handbk. v. 115 If you are printing multiple colors, don't let the dampened paper dry out between colors or the registration will be compromised.

Compounds

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registration court n.

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1835 Times 25 Aug. 6/2 We are happy to see, by the proceedings of the registration courts for the counties of Roxburgh and Berwick, that..there is in the former an increase of 18 Conservative over Destructive voters.

1921 Rep. 44th Ann. Meeting Amer. Bar Assoc. 255 This Power of Attorney is not registered by the Registration Court in Japan, but is simply filed in that court to prove that such representative was duly authorized.

2000 I. Machin People's Bread ii. 27 Under the provisions of the Act as it then stood electors were required to attend registration court to defend their right to vote if challenged by any party.

registration desk n.

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1856 Liverpool Weekly Mercury 19 Apr. 2/6 Many interesting facts are developed at the registration desks.

1925 Science 27 Nov. 483/1 Secure a numbered identification card at the registration desk.

2006 S. W. Albert Bleeding Hearts (2007) v. 45 The only way to get into the hotel is to walk right in front of the registration desk in the lobby.

registration district n.

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1832 W. D. Wilson First Princ. Polit. Econ. 313 The reports of the Registrar-General give the ratio of deaths, in each of the six hundred and twenty-three registration districts, to the density of population, for twenty years.

1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 28 In healthy ‘registration’ districts, the mortality is low.

2000 R. Woods Demogr. Victorian Eng. & Wales ii. 37 The registration districts were finally abandoned as collection and reporting units in 1911 when local government administrative areas were adopted.

registration fee n.

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1828 Baptist Mag. Feb. 77/2 A person desiring to register the birth of a Child must..make two applications to the Registrar, the registration-fee being paid on issuing the forms.

1967 Post Office Guide 85 The registration fee must be paid by postage stamps affixed to the cover.

2004 M. Grosser Gossamer Odyssey i. x. 150 The rules..stipulated that all entrants had to submit a registration fee of £1 sterling, and that if an attempt actually took place, the fee would be refunded.

registration form n.

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1844 Northern Star & Leeds Gen. Advertiser 27 Apr. 7/5 Mr. Salmon..presented a great quantity of registration forms to the Council.

1903 H. A. Hinkson Copyright Law vi. 43 Accuracy in filling in the details on the registration form is of the utmost importance.

2001 J. Franzen Corrections 314 An activities coordinator named Suzy Ghosh came by with..registration forms for the afternoon's outings.

registration law n.

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1821 Brit. Rev. Dec. 477 The committee of the African Institution, to whom the public is indebted for the able exposition of the character of the colonial registration laws.

1905 W. Mack Cycl. of Law & Procedure XV. 302 The object of the registration law is to prevent illegal voting by providing in advance of election an authentic list of the qualified electors.

2002 T. Pinchuck et al. Rough Guide S. Afr. (ed. 3) 597 Defending mainly South African Indians accused of breaking the restrictive and racist registration laws, Gandhi began to see practical applications for his concept of..passive resistance.

registration office n.

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1815 A. H. Simpson Let. 26 May in R. Bligh Rep. Cases House Lords (1823) I. 240 The instrument of sasine was immediately afterwards sent to the registration office, to be recorded.

1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 5 140 The forms of application need to be filled out with the greatest care..before being sent to the registration office.

2006 B. Neuborne in P. D. Carrington & T. Jones Law & Class in Amer. iii. 51 Officials bent on preventing blacks from voting made it as hard as possible to find the registration office.

registration period n.

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1837 Derby Mercury 10 May Many of the inhabitants..allowed themselves, at the last registration period, to be disfranchised by the trickery of the radical overseers.

1928 S. Lewis Party Princ. & Pract. Politics xvii. 263 Before the registration period is over, all of those who have not appeared at the polls and entered their names should be solicited by party workers.

2006 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 6 The registration period had twice been extended.

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registration act n. any of numerous acts that make compulsory the registration of (particular sections of) the population; (also) any act providing for the registering of land ownership, a patent, trademark, ship, etc.; cf. register act n. at register n.¹ Compounds 3.Frequently with modifying word or phrase, as Land Registration Act, National Voter Registration Act, etc.

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1803 G. Combe Constit. of Man App. II., 231 Before the passing of the Registration Act there was no trustworthy data for determining the rate of mortality in England.

1824 Times 15 Sept. 3/4 By the last Registration Act, the Captain and two-thirds of the crew of every British ship must be British.

1900 J. L. Hopkins Law of Unfair Trade §95. 210 The invalid registration acts... Difficulties which have attended our national legislation upon trade-marks.

1979 V. L. Bullough & B. Bullough Care of Sick 138 None of the original registration acts defined the scope of professional nursing practice.

2003 M. A. Glick et al. Intellect. Prop. Damages xi. 254 Many states also have trademark registration acts that are largely modeled after the Lanham Act.

registration book n. a book in which names are recorded for a particular purpose.

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1818 Times 14 Jan. 2/6 Our journal contains an Abstract of the Slave Population of the island of Barbadoes, taken from the Registration Book of last year.

1843 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 15 305 The tables in question were obtained from careful analyses of the registration books, by the clerks of the several poor law unions.

1922 Michelin Guide Great Brit. iii. 711 When disposing of his car the motorist must fill in the name and address of the new owner in the registration book.

2000 S. A. MacManus Targeting Senior Voters v. 74 In the case of federal elections, no state can close its registration books more than thirty days prior to the election.

registration card n. a card or form which must be completed in order to register for something; (also) a card or document certifying registration.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > blank form for filling in

blank1586

write-off1751

card1817

registration card1842

application1849

entry form1856

form1856

application blank1866

pro forma1928

fiche1949

1842 Manch. Guardian 29 Oct. 3/5 Letters had been received, some of them asking for registration cards and sheets.

1893 Washington Post 4 Sept. 2/4 No member of the congress will be recognized at any of the functions..until he has secured his registration card.

1946 E. G. Arnall Shore dimly Seen xiv. 228 Any relative or friend could obtain the necessary registration card and send it to them to be filled out.

2004 M. J. Nojeim Gandhi & King v. 128 The registration card had to be proffered whenever and wherever a police officer demanded.

registration document n. a document confirming that someone or something has been registered; spec. (more fully vehicle registration document) a document providing registration information about a motor vehicle, such as the date of manufacture, the engine and chassis numbers, and the owner's name.

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1843 Lancet 12 Aug. 720/1 The author..read before the British Association a paper that contained only an analysis of certain registration documents, so far as they related to consumption.

1884 Austral. Law Times 8 Mar. 154/1 About January 31, 1882, scrip for 17,000 shares were issued to Harris and Hollow,..and they signed the registration document for them.

1904 3rd Ann. Rep. Exec. Secretary to Civil Governor (Philippines Exec. Bureau) 353 I propose that but one registration document for a carabao, horse, or cow be issued.

1969 Changing Times (Kiplinger's Personal Finance) Mar. 17/2 Tours that include car rental, insurance and registration documents, unlimited mileage, maps, hotel accommodations, [etc.].

1997 R. V. Ericson & K. D. Haggerty Policing Risk Society x. 207 These certificates and credentials include, among other things, driver's licences, insurance cards, and vehicle registration document.

2003 O. Fuerst & U. Geiger From Concept to Wall St. xiii. 251 The amended registration document is sent to brokers and potential buyers.

registration number n. a distinguishing number allocated upon registration; (now) esp. the unique number or sequence of letters and numbers allocated to a motor vehicle when it is registered (cf. sense 1e).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number

registration number1841

index number1875

plate number1881

registration mark1903

registration1930

licence number1937

rego1967

1841 C. Piesse Sketch of Loan Fund Syst. in Irel. 58 The three copies are then sent..to the Barrister, who attaches his certificate and registration number to each copy.

1903 Act 3 Edward VII c. 36 §6 A person driving a motor car shall..if an accident occur..stop and, if required, give his name and address, and also..the registration mark or number of the car.

1993 Dog World June 54/2 The conformation file includes dog's name and registration number.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. iva. 10/2 The card contains..a registration number that the user types into a personal computer for access to the book.

registration paper n. (a) (chiefly in plural) a document certifying registration; (also) a document or form which must be completed in order to register for something; (b) the paper (usually in a roll) on which a scientific instrument such as a seismograph records its measurements.

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1840 Chartist Circular 1 Aug. 181/3 He hastened to Ruddleduck castle, his pockets crammed with registration papers.

1864 E. Negretti & J. Zambra Treat. Meteorol. Instruments xiii. 125 The pencil cylinders..always make contact with the registration paper by their own gravity.

1917 Times 14 Aug. 3/2 She had made false statements in her registration papers.

2003 J. Schweitzer & W. H. K. Lee in Internat. Handbk. Earthquake & Engin. Seismol. b. lxxxviii. 1667 The first onsets..arrived at the station during the change of the registration paper.

2007 A. S. Bradford Flying Black Flag iii. 23 He could not produce the registration papers to show that the girl was a slave.

registration plate n. a plate bearing a registration number; esp. such a plate on a motor vehicle indicating that it has been registered; = number-plate n. at number n. Compounds 1b.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate

number-plate1869

registration plate1883

identification plate1901

plate1919

licence plate1926

tag1935

index plate1973

1883 Proc. Assoc. Municipal & Sanitary Engineers & Surveyors, 1882–3 9 12 Instances have been known of the registration plate [of a canal boat] being changed.

1890 Calcutta Rev. July 420 They steal a registration plate from some other cart, and hurry off with their load of cloth or grain.

1956 D. Jacobson Dance in Sun i. i. 7 There were cars, we saw from the registration plates, from all over.

1995 AA Mag. (Automobile Assoc.) Summer 40/4 The concept of the year-related registration plate poses problems for the motor trade.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	registration
释义	registrationn. Brit. /ˌrɛdʒᵻˈstreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛdʒəˈstrəɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s– registration; also Scottish pre-1700 registracione, pre-1700 registratione, pre-1700 registratioun. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin registration-, registratio. Etymology: Probably < post-classical Latin registration-, registratio act or registering or recording (13th cent.; frequently from 14th cent. in British sources) < registrat- , past participial stem of registrare register v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French registration act of registering (c1347–53; now only in music). 1. a. The action of registering or recording something; the process of being registered. clause of registration: (Scots Law) a clause in deeds providing for their being properly registered. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > registration descrivingc1325 descriptiona1425 descrying1440 brevementc1475 enrolment1552 register1563 registration?1566 booking1583 matriculating1585 registry1589 inrotulation1590 counterrolment1598 enregistering1604 taxation1686 re-registration1836 preregistration1928 ?1566 Acts Parl. Scot. (1814) II. Chron. Table 4/1 Anent the registracione of letteris of newe infeftment confirmacion &c. ?1566 Acts Parl. Scot. (1814) II. 33/2 Registratioun of ane appunctuament betuix my lord Governour and James Hammiltoun. 1609 in C. P. Stewart Hist. Mem. Stewarts of Fothergill (1870) 121 Incais of registratioun of thir presentis in our default. c1680 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 705 Remember, that immediately before the Clause of Registration, ye insert the Faculty reserved by the Father to himself. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. xxxiii. 637 The apparent Heir..is not obliged to go to all other Registers, not being able to know the Clauses of Registration, or in what Courts the Writs are to be registrat. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. ii. iv. 409 The Lord Register..has the Power of appointing Clerks for Registration of Seasines and Admissions of Nottars. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 471 Duties upon registration [have become] extremely common. View more context for this quotation 1836 Act 6 & 7 William IV c. 86 §1 So much of the said Acts as relates to the Registration of Marriages. 1877 Nature 23 Sept. 421 The registration of temperature is one of the most difficult of meteorological problems. 1903 A. B. Hart Actual Govt. 73 The annual registration practically requires a man to appear twice, once to register and once to vote. 1920 Science 20 Aug. 170 General meeting of the society, Gold Room, Congress Hotel. Registration during the morning. 1997 Whitby Gaz. 25 Oct. 1/1 North Yorkshire County Council wants to save £15,300 next year by reorganising the registration of births, marriages and deaths in the country. b. An instance of registering something; (also) an entry in a register. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > entry in registera1443 registration1599 registry1770 re-register1858 1599 Sc. Acts James VI (single sheet) 31 July Receiue fra the parties their evidents, & regestrat the same within the space of twenty foure houres, nixt after the receipt thereof, and deliver to the presentar of the same, their Evidents marked be him, with the daye, Moneth, and zeir of the registratioun. 1617 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 546/1 Oure said souerane Lord..ordanis the same registeris and registratiounes foirsaidis to be insert thairin. 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 97 A Page is filled with such Registrations. 1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible II. viii. i. 1246/1 Their [sc. the censors'] Business was to make a Registration of all the Roman Citizens. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 31 A register book of wills..wherein registrations are made. 1834 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 197/1 The Attorney-General said that a registration of births of Dissenters was necessary even to Protestants, and to all persons who had or might be left property. 1925 Kennel Gaz. Aug. 706/2 (heading) Any other breed or variety..not classified... Groenendals. 4 Registrations. 2007 Your Family Tree July 17/2 The new GRO computer system simply isn't sturdy enough to cope with the number of registrations. c. A reading indicated on an instrument or measuring device; such indication of a measurement. Cf. register v. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > graduated instruments > indication on a measuring instrument indication1742 reading1772 registration1837 pointer-reading1867 1837 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 6 ii. 618 I hare been enabled to commence a continuous series of two-hourly registrations of the thermometer, and an hourly one once a week at this station. 1885 Electrician 9 May 525/1 Telemetry has been practically applied in America..the temperature registrations being exceedingly accurate. 1959 E. Pulgram Introd. Spectrogr. Speech vi. 52 The kymograph produces registrations representing variations in the total amount of pressure during articulation. 2006 Blood Pressure Monitoring 11 161 Validation of a non-mercury digital auscultatory device with manual pressure registration. d. British. Education. The action of recording pupil attendance in a school register (register n.¹ 5c); the period (usually once or twice a day) during which this takes place. ΚΠ 1897 Rep. Comm. Council on Educ. (Eng. & Wales) App. iii. 493 If we..deduct a daily amount of 10 minutes for the afternoon registration and of 20 minutes for the morning and afternoon periods of recreation, there remain only 20 hours of actual teaching. 1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London v. 93 After registration I took house prayers as House Captain. 1973 K. Williams School Counsellor vii. 106 John walked into the classroom for morning registration. 1991 ACE Bull. July 15/2 Seven out of ten schoolchildren admitting to bunking off after registration at least once a month. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1 Text messages will be sent to the mobile phones of parents whose children have not turned up to class by morning registration. e. The unique number or series of letters and figures identifying a motor vehicle, assigned on registration and displayed on a number plate, which sometimes contains an indication of the date or place of registration. Cf. registration number n. at Compounds 2.In Great Britain the date of registration is typically indicated by a single letter prefix or suffix, or a two-digit code (see reg n.⁴). In some countries, such as the United States and Canada, registration plates often include symbols or words indicating the place of registration. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number registration number1841 index number1875 plate number1881 registration mark1903 registration1930 licence number1937 rego1967 1930 Hartford (Connecticut) Daily Courant 16 Sept. 17/2 The car is a 1928 Hupmobile sedan, painted dark blue, registration P-1402. 1967 Times 20 Dec. 13/6 (advt.) 1967 Jensen Interceptor saloon (‘F’ registration) with latest Italian-styled coachwork. 1988 S. Gray Time of our Darkness xiii. 208 Then a Kombi with a Swaziland registration pulled up alongside our car. 1990 News Jrnl. (Wilmington) 9 July a3/4 Huber is driving a blue 1988 Ford Taurus sedan with Pennsylvania registration ACG251. 2003 R. Rendell Rottweiler 210 She found herself wondering why she hadn't noted down the registration. f. A process of acquiring full British citizenship, available only to people with particular links to the United Kingdom; (also) the status conferred by this. The British Nationality Act of 1981 restricted the availability of the process to those with some form of British nationality, such as British Overseas citizens or children born abroad to British parents. ΚΠ 1948 Times 19 Feb. 2/1 An alien woman marrying a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies will not automatically acquire that citizenship on marriage, but..she may apply for registration as a citizen. 1981 Brit. Jrnl. Law & Society 8 239 Registration is to be retained..for a variety of different cases, most of them minor children but also for British Overseas Citizens and citizens of the British dependent territories. 1982 Mod. Law Rev. 45 195 It is disturbing to read that 63 registrations have been treated as nullities. 1995 J. L. Coleman & S. K. Harding in W. F. Schwartz Justice in Immigration ii. 31 British citizenship can be acquired through either registration or naturalization. 2002 H. Fenwick Civil Liberties & Human Rights (ed. 3) xv. 945 Before 1981, wives of citizens of the UK and Colonies acquired on marriage the right to obtain citizenship by registration. 2. The action of manipulating the various registers (register n.¹ 9a) available in an organ (or harpsichord) in order to achieve a particular sound; the balance of tone and its musical effect resulting from such manipulation. Cf. register v. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > combination sound on keyboard registration1874 1874 Galaxy Mar. 383/2 His manner of registration was..so peculiar to himself, and so unusual, that many organists and many organ makers were frightened when they first saw him prepare to play. 1881 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 238 The awkward..word ‘registration’, which is the only expression we have for the study of effect and combination of tone on the organ, and means the same in regard to it that ‘orchestration’ means in regard to the orchestra. 1961 R. Russell in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages iv. 80 Undue preoccupation with such things as registration..tends to obscure the fundamental musical requirements of the instrument [sc. the harpsichord]. 1973 Gramophone Sept. 508/1 As to registration, she shows that, given the right instrument.., it is scarcely ever necessary to change in the course of a movement save for repeats. 1991 Music & Lett. 72 111 In Vol. 2 Knecht turns to registration and gives an alphabetical list of stops and their uses. 2005 N.Y. Times 10 July ii. 23/2 Because Bruckner was an expert organist, some have likened the pauses [in his music] to the gaps that result when organists change registration. 3. The state of being in register; coincidence of position, alignment. Also: the action of bringing this about. Cf. register n.¹ 12b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > precise positioning register1683 registering1839 registration1901 preregistration1928 1875 U.S. Patent 162,662 1/1 The said pipe C is provided with an offset, H, which opens with a circular face, so as to make a perfect registration with the damper, which is of a corresponding shape. 1901 Chambers's Jrnl. June 364/1 The skilled attendant replaces them in the clip, one upon another, taking a little care to ensure perfect ‘registration’..and, lo! there is a finely painted lantern slide! 1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 70/3 The printing mask is made from any opaque, thin paper..or you can use thin red celluloid to make the aligning and registration easier. 1975 J. B. Harley Ordnance Survey Maps i. 11 A second sheet of plastic material carrying an opaque coating is placed in exact registration with the first. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Orthodontics 20 103/1 The dental and skeletal templates... The following superimpositions/registrations were performed during the digitization process. 2005 G. A. Walker Woodcut Artist's Handbk. v. 115 If you are printing multiple colors, don't let the dampened paper dry out between colors or the registration will be compromised. Compounds C1. registration court n. ΚΠ 1835 Times 25 Aug. 6/2 We are happy to see, by the proceedings of the registration courts for the counties of Roxburgh and Berwick, that..there is in the former an increase of 18 Conservative over Destructive voters. 1921 Rep. 44th Ann. Meeting Amer. Bar Assoc. 255 This Power of Attorney is not registered by the Registration Court in Japan, but is simply filed in that court to prove that such representative was duly authorized. 2000 I. Machin People's Bread ii. 27 Under the provisions of the Act as it then stood electors were required to attend registration court to defend their right to vote if challenged by any party. registration desk n. ΚΠ 1856 Liverpool Weekly Mercury 19 Apr. 2/6 Many interesting facts are developed at the registration desks. 1925 Science 27 Nov. 483/1 Secure a numbered identification card at the registration desk. 2006 S. W. Albert Bleeding Hearts (2007) v. 45 The only way to get into the hotel is to walk right in front of the registration desk in the lobby. registration district n. ΚΠ 1832 W. D. Wilson First Princ. Polit. Econ. 313 The reports of the Registrar-General give the ratio of deaths, in each of the six hundred and twenty-three registration districts, to the density of population, for twenty years. 1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 28 In healthy ‘registration’ districts, the mortality is low. 2000 R. Woods Demogr. Victorian Eng. & Wales ii. 37 The registration districts were finally abandoned as collection and reporting units in 1911 when local government administrative areas were adopted. registration fee n. ΚΠ 1828 Baptist Mag. Feb. 77/2 A person desiring to register the birth of a Child must..make two applications to the Registrar, the registration-fee being paid on issuing the forms. 1967 Post Office Guide 85 The registration fee must be paid by postage stamps affixed to the cover. 2004 M. Grosser Gossamer Odyssey i. x. 150 The rules..stipulated that all entrants had to submit a registration fee of £1 sterling, and that if an attempt actually took place, the fee would be refunded. registration form n. ΚΠ 1844 Northern Star & Leeds Gen. Advertiser 27 Apr. 7/5 Mr. Salmon..presented a great quantity of registration forms to the Council. 1903 H. A. Hinkson Copyright Law vi. 43 Accuracy in filling in the details on the registration form is of the utmost importance. 2001 J. Franzen Corrections 314 An activities coordinator named Suzy Ghosh came by with..registration forms for the afternoon's outings. registration law n. ΚΠ 1821 Brit. Rev. Dec. 477 The committee of the African Institution, to whom the public is indebted for the able exposition of the character of the colonial registration laws. 1905 W. Mack Cycl. of Law & Procedure XV. 302 The object of the registration law is to prevent illegal voting by providing in advance of election an authentic list of the qualified electors. 2002 T. Pinchuck et al. Rough Guide S. Afr. (ed. 3) 597 Defending mainly South African Indians accused of breaking the restrictive and racist registration laws, Gandhi began to see practical applications for his concept of..passive resistance. registration office n. ΚΠ 1815 A. H. Simpson Let. 26 May in R. Bligh Rep. Cases House Lords (1823) I. 240 The instrument of sasine was immediately afterwards sent to the registration office, to be recorded. 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 5 140 The forms of application need to be filled out with the greatest care..before being sent to the registration office. 2006 B. Neuborne in P. D. Carrington & T. Jones Law & Class in Amer. iii. 51 Officials bent on preventing blacks from voting made it as hard as possible to find the registration office. registration period n. ΚΠ 1837 Derby Mercury 10 May Many of the inhabitants..allowed themselves, at the last registration period, to be disfranchised by the trickery of the radical overseers. 1928 S. Lewis Party Princ. & Pract. Politics xvii. 263 Before the registration period is over, all of those who have not appeared at the polls and entered their names should be solicited by party workers. 2006 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 6 The registration period had twice been extended. C2. registration act n. any of numerous acts that make compulsory the registration of (particular sections of) the population; (also) any act providing for the registering of land ownership, a patent, trademark, ship, etc.; cf. register act n. at register n.¹ Compounds 3.Frequently with modifying word or phrase, as Land Registration Act, National Voter Registration Act, etc. ΚΠ 1803 G. Combe Constit. of Man App. II., 231 Before the passing of the Registration Act there was no trustworthy data for determining the rate of mortality in England. 1824 Times 15 Sept. 3/4 By the last Registration Act, the Captain and two-thirds of the crew of every British ship must be British. 1900 J. L. Hopkins Law of Unfair Trade §95. 210 The invalid registration acts... Difficulties which have attended our national legislation upon trade-marks. 1979 V. L. Bullough & B. Bullough Care of Sick 138 None of the original registration acts defined the scope of professional nursing practice. 2003 M. A. Glick et al. Intellect. Prop. Damages xi. 254 Many states also have trademark registration acts that are largely modeled after the Lanham Act. registration book n. a book in which names are recorded for a particular purpose. ΚΠ 1818 Times 14 Jan. 2/6 Our journal contains an Abstract of the Slave Population of the island of Barbadoes, taken from the Registration Book of last year. 1843 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 15 305 The tables in question were obtained from careful analyses of the registration books, by the clerks of the several poor law unions. 1922 Michelin Guide Great Brit. iii. 711 When disposing of his car the motorist must fill in the name and address of the new owner in the registration book. 2000 S. A. MacManus Targeting Senior Voters v. 74 In the case of federal elections, no state can close its registration books more than thirty days prior to the election. registration card n. a card or form which must be completed in order to register for something; (also) a card or document certifying registration. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > blank form for filling in blank1586 write-off1751 card1817 registration card1842 application1849 entry form1856 form1856 application blank1866 pro forma1928 fiche1949 1842 Manch. Guardian 29 Oct. 3/5 Letters had been received, some of them asking for registration cards and sheets. 1893 Washington Post 4 Sept. 2/4 No member of the congress will be recognized at any of the functions..until he has secured his registration card. 1946 E. G. Arnall Shore dimly Seen xiv. 228 Any relative or friend could obtain the necessary registration card and send it to them to be filled out. 2004 M. J. Nojeim Gandhi & King v. 128 The registration card had to be proffered whenever and wherever a police officer demanded. registration document n. a document confirming that someone or something has been registered; spec. (more fully vehicle registration document) a document providing registration information about a motor vehicle, such as the date of manufacture, the engine and chassis numbers, and the owner's name. ΚΠ 1843 Lancet 12 Aug. 720/1 The author..read before the British Association a paper that contained only an analysis of certain registration documents, so far as they related to consumption. 1884 Austral. Law Times 8 Mar. 154/1 About January 31, 1882, scrip for 17,000 shares were issued to Harris and Hollow,..and they signed the registration document for them. 1904 3rd Ann. Rep. Exec. Secretary to Civil Governor (Philippines Exec. Bureau) 353 I propose that but one registration document for a carabao, horse, or cow be issued. 1969 Changing Times (Kiplinger's Personal Finance) Mar. 17/2 Tours that include car rental, insurance and registration documents, unlimited mileage, maps, hotel accommodations, [etc.]. 1997 R. V. Ericson & K. D. Haggerty Policing Risk Society x. 207 These certificates and credentials include, among other things, driver's licences, insurance cards, and vehicle registration document. 2003 O. Fuerst & U. Geiger From Concept to Wall St. xiii. 251 The amended registration document is sent to brokers and potential buyers. registration number n. a distinguishing number allocated upon registration; (now) esp. the unique number or sequence of letters and numbers allocated to a motor vehicle when it is registered (cf. sense 1e). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number registration number1841 index number1875 plate number1881 registration mark1903 registration1930 licence number1937 rego1967 1841 C. Piesse Sketch of Loan Fund Syst. in Irel. 58 The three copies are then sent..to the Barrister, who attaches his certificate and registration number to each copy. 1903 Act 3 Edward VII c. 36 §6 A person driving a motor car shall..if an accident occur..stop and, if required, give his name and address, and also..the registration mark or number of the car. 1993 Dog World June 54/2 The conformation file includes dog's name and registration number. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. iva. 10/2 The card contains..a registration number that the user types into a personal computer for access to the book. registration paper n. (a) (chiefly in plural) a document certifying registration; (also) a document or form which must be completed in order to register for something; (b) the paper (usually in a roll) on which a scientific instrument such as a seismograph records its measurements. ΚΠ 1840 Chartist Circular 1 Aug. 181/3 He hastened to Ruddleduck castle, his pockets crammed with registration papers. 1864 E. Negretti & J. Zambra Treat. Meteorol. Instruments xiii. 125 The pencil cylinders..always make contact with the registration paper by their own gravity. 1917 Times 14 Aug. 3/2 She had made false statements in her registration papers. 2003 J. Schweitzer & W. H. K. Lee in Internat. Handbk. Earthquake & Engin. Seismol. b. lxxxviii. 1667 The first onsets..arrived at the station during the change of the registration paper. 2007 A. S. Bradford Flying Black Flag iii. 23 He could not produce the registration papers to show that the girl was a slave. registration plate n. a plate bearing a registration number; esp. such a plate on a motor vehicle indicating that it has been registered; = number-plate n. at number n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate number-plate1869 registration plate1883 identification plate1901 plate1919 licence plate1926 tag1935 index plate1973 1883 Proc. Assoc. Municipal & Sanitary Engineers & Surveyors, 1882–3 9 12 Instances have been known of the registration plate [of a canal boat] being changed. 1890 Calcutta Rev. July 420 They steal a registration plate from some other cart, and hurry off with their load of cloth or grain. 1956 D. Jacobson Dance in Sun i. i. 7 There were cars, we saw from the registration plates, from all over. 1995 AA Mag. (Automobile Assoc.) Summer 40/4 The concept of the year-related registration plate poses problems for the motor trade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1566
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