Definition of license plate
: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number
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Officers on patrol run the license plate of a car parked in the Walmart parking lot.
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Earlier this year, California moved to launch its own trial for digital license plates, which would roll out to a very small percentage of drivers.
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For a car without a transponder, a camera photographs the license plate, and the owner gets a bill in the mail or pays online.
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The police also took photographs and video at mosques, collecting license plates, the lawsuit said.
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Driving with new license plates, a check showed her license was suspended.
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Just one new plate for your car: Each session brings new proposals for specialty license plates.
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The couple drove a Volvo passenger car that had multiple dents on the body, no license plates, and was missing pieces of trim molding.
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The threads both post old tweets, purportedly from Levi’s account, that seemingly trash political dynasties, support the NRA, and oppose a law to remove the Confederate flag from Virginia license plates, among other controversial topics.
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First Known Use of license plate
circa 1924
LICENSE PLATE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of license plate for English Language Learners
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: a metal plate on a vehicle that shows a series of numbers and letters that are used to identify the vehicle
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