license number

noun

US
: the numbers and letters on a vehicle's license plate

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The driver does not show a driver’s license, but does provide her driver’s license number, which the officer takes down, and a cellphone photograph of her license, the video shows. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Investigators found that the license number Bardisa provided belonged to another nurse. Frank Fernandez, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025 The investigation discovered Bardisa had submitted false documentation and used the license number of a nurse at a different hospital who shared her first name, deputies said. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 For state and local elections, Arizona accepts state IDs as proof of citizenship after comparing the driver’s license number to existing information in its Department of Transportation database. Grace Abels, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for license number

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“License number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20number. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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