registration number

noun

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

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Once a vessel has piqued his interest, Osman will look up its registration number and cross-reference it against lists of sanctioned ships. Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026 The private plane with registration number N325FA crashed in the Paipa and Duitama area of the department of Boyacá in central-eastern Colombia, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026 The city then issues a registration number. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025 The drone’s registration number must be clearly displayed on its exterior. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025 The plane's registration number on its tail was not available. Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Pictures from the scene broadcast by local TV stations showed the plane’s tail registration number N218VB — a plane with this registration was owned by Brett Cornelius. Patrick Smith, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025 The Democratic Party has outsourced so many of its functions to third party organizations that did not produce the kind of registration number. ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025 According to the analyst, a second Rivet Joint aircraft, with registration number 62-4125, was deployed at Elmendorf Air Force Base but has not been tracked flying since August 1. Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Registration number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/registration%20number. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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