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rego

UK/ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/

rego noun: registration for a motor vehicle.

Noun

rego (usually uncountable, plural regos)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, usually) Registration for a motor vehicle.
    • The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.
    • You might give these people a badge or some livery for their boat and you can give them a discount on the rego of their boat.2003, Australian Senate, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 18057
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, usually) The fee required for such registration.
    • David couldn′t drive his car as he hadn′t paid his rego.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable, usually) The registration number of a motor vehicle, used by police to access registration details such as the identity of the owner.
    • “They also got the regos of the cars. There were two commercial travelers whose cars were trapped inside by the pickets, and they got hit with writs.[…]”1984, Renfrey Clarke, The Picket: Tasmanian Mine Workers Defend Their Jobs, page 84
    • A line of cars was parked along one side, presumably belonging to the sex workers and their clients. ‘Get their regos,’ Borghini said to one of his people.2010, Alex Palmer, The Labyrinth of Drowning, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page

Proper noun capitalized: Rego

Rego (plural Regos)

  1. A surname.

Examples of rego in a sentence

  • They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates.2007, Archie Gerzee, WOW! Tales of a Larrikin Adventurer, page 223:
  • When you come to buy or sell a car, every state has its own regulations, particularly with rego (registration).2008, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Peter Dragicevich, Justin Flynn, Paul Harding, East Coast Australia, page 501:

Forms of rego

Noun
pluralregos
Proper noun
pluralRegos

Origin of rego

From registration + -o (diminutive suffix).

Words formed from rego

Phrases with rego

Questions about rego

What does rego mean?
Rego means registration for a motor vehicle.
How do you use rego in a sentence?
They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates.
What part of speech is rego?
Rego can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rego?
Rego is pronounced /ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of rego?
The plural of rego is regos.

Words near rego in the dictionary

  1. regnicides
  2. Regnier
  3. Regniers
  4. regnum
  5. regnums
  6. rego
  7. Rego Park
  8. rego plate
  9. rego plates
  10. regolith
  11. regolithic

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