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plate sale

plate sale noun: a sale of cars from the previous year.

Noun

plate sale (plural plate sales)

  1. (Australia, auto) A sale of cars from the previous year.

Forms of plate sale

pluralplate sales

Origin of plate sale

plate refers to the VIN containing the year of manufacture.

Words that rhyme with plate sale

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Questions about plate sale

What does plate sale mean?
Plate sale means a sale of cars from the previous year.
What part of speech is plate sale?
Plate sale is a noun.
What is the plural of plate sale?
The plural of plate sale is plate sales.

Words near plate sale in the dictionary

  1. plate press
  2. plate presses
  3. plate reader
  4. plate readers
  5. plate reverb
  6. plate sale
  7. plate sales
  8. plate ship
  9. plate ships
  10. plate spinning
  11. plate tectonics

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