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green slips

green slips is the plural of green slip.

Meaning of green slip

Noun

green slip (plural green slips)

  1. (Australia, South, obsolete) A portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.
    • […]we may smile at the indignation about the assistant surveyors and the green slips of South Australia.1839, Thornton Leigh Hunt, Canada and South Australia: A Commentary on that Part of the Earl of Durham′s Report Dealing with Disposal of Wate Lands and Emigration: South Australian Facsimile...
  2. (Australia, New-South-Wales) A certificate of third party personal liability insurance, required in order to register a motor vehicle.
    • Every car in Australia must be registered. Payment for this includes car tax and requires a minimum of third-party insurance. This type of insurance is called the Green Slip, or compulsory third party (CTP) insurance.2005, Jane Egginton, Working & Living Australia, page 150

Questions about green slips

What is green slips the plural of?
Green slips is the plural of green slip.

Words near green slips in the dictionary

  1. green shaving
  2. green sickness
  3. green side
  4. green sides
  5. green slip
  6. green slips
  7. green sloke
  8. green smoothie
  9. green smoothies
  10. green snake
  11. green snakes

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