A registered letter or parcel is sent by a special postal service, for which you pay extra money for insurance in case it gets lost.
He asked his mother to send it by registered mail.
...an urgent registered letter.
registered in British English
(ˈrɛdʒɪstəd)
adjective
1.
officially entered on a register or list; formally recorded
2. British
(of mail) sent using a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
an urgent registered letter
He asked his mother to send it by registered mail.
▶ USAGE The abbreviation for registered is R.orr.orregd
registered in American English
(ˈrɛgɪstərd)
adjective
officially recorded or enrolled
; specif.,
a.
designating bonds, etc. having the owner's name listed in a register
b.
designating a dog, horse, cow or bull, etc. having its ancestry recorded and authenticated by a breeders' association established to promote the breed
c.
legally certified or authenticated
Examples of 'registered' in a sentence
registered
Any hedging, any trying to talk the man out of lowering the gun at this stage would, Gareth registered, be futile.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR (2002)
She had left her umbrella inside, but the thought hardly registered.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION (2002)
It was a familiar landscape I hardly registered even in the dark.
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
In other languages
registered
British English: registered /ˈrɛdʒɪstəd/ ADJECTIVE
A registered letter or parcel is sent by a special postal service, for which you pay extra money for insurance in case it gets lost.
He asked his mother to send it by registered mail.
American English: registered
Arabic: مُسَجَّل
Brazilian Portuguese: registrado
Chinese: 挂号 的
Croatian: preporučen
Czech: doporučený dopis
Danish: registreret
Dutch: geregistreerd
European Spanish: certificado
Finnish: kirjattu kirje
French: inscrit
German: eingetragen
Greek: εγγεγραμμένος
Italian: registrato
Japanese: 登録した
Korean: 등록된
Norwegian: registrert
Polish: zarejestrowany
European Portuguese: registado
Romanian: recomandat
Russian: зарегистрированный
Latin American Spanish: registrado
Swedish: registrerad
Thai: ที่ได้ลงทะเบียน
Turkish: kayıtlı
Ukrainian: зареєстрований
Vietnamese: đã đăng ký
All related terms of 'registered'
register
A register is an official list or record of people or things.
registered mail
a postal service for sending mail of high monetary value: a record of sending the mail is provided, it is signed for by each postal employee handling it, signed for by the addressee , and may be insured
registered name
the official or trademark name of something such as a product or company
registered post
a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
VAT-registered
(of a company or individual ) registered as being liable to pay VAT
registered charity
a charity which has officially registered as an organization
registered company
a company which has officially registered its business
registered nurse
A registered nurse is someone who is qualified to work as a nurse.
registered office
the official address of a company, organization, etc, where all correspondence must be sent
registered share
a stock registered to the owner's name
registered stocks
stocks officially registered to the name of the owner
registered disabled
on a local authority register under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
registered handicapped
on a local authority register under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
registered shareholder
someone who holds or owns a stock registered to their name
Registered Trademark
the name or other symbol used to identify the goods produced by a particular manufacturer or distributed by a particular dealer and to distinguish them from products associated with competing manufacturers or dealers. A trademark that has been officially registered and is therefore legally protected is known as a Registered Trademark
Registered General Nurse
(in Britain) a nurse who has completed a three-year training course in all aspects of nursing care to enable him or her to be registered with the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery , and Health Visiting
State Registered Nurse
(formerly in Britain) a nurse who had extensive training and passed examinations enabling him or her to perform all nursing services
Chinese translation of 'registered'
registered
(ˈrɛdʒɪstəd)
adj
(Post)[letter, mail]挂(掛)号(號)的 (guàhào de)
[drug addict]有记(記)录(錄)的 (yǒu jìlù de)
[child minder etc]注(註)册(冊)的 (zhùcè de)
register
(ˈrɛdʒɪstəʳ)
n(c)
(at hotel) 登记(記) (dēngjì) (个(個), gè)
(= in school) 注(註)册(冊) (zhùcè) (个(個), gè)
(= official record) 记(記)录(錄) (jìlù)
vt
[birth, death, marriage]登记(記) (dēngjì)
[letter]挂(掛)号(號)邮(郵)寄 (guàhào yóujì)
(= indicate)
[amount, measurement]显(顯)示为(為) (xiǎnshìwéi)
[feeling, opinion]流露出 (liúlùchū)
vi
(= sign up)
(at hotel) 登记(記) (dēngjì)
(at doctor's, dentist's, for work, class) 注(註)册(冊) (zhùcè)