license plate

Car's rear rectangle

A license plate is the metal or plastic panel attached to a vehicle displaying its registration number.

Most vehicles have plates front and rear.

The term is American; British English uses number plate.

The officer ran the license plate through the system.

Vanity plates display personalized text chosen by the owner.

regulation

renewal

Making current again

inspection · sticker · permit · fee · law · code · statute · legal requirement · penalty · fine

identification

registration

Formal recording of participation

VIN · tag · owner · DMV · alphanumeric · state · country · personalization · vanity · custom

design

vanity

Excessive pride in oneself

holder · mount · bracket · front · rear · reflective · embossed · stamped · metal · aluminum

security

surveillance

Systematic observation of subjects

theft · stolen · fraud · cloning · police · law enforcement · database · checkpoint · monitoring · amber alert

Categories
Opposites
official vs. personal vehicle markers

license platebumper sticker

Adhesive vehicle message

window decal · car magnet · hood ornament · car flag · parking permit

vehicle identification status

license plateplateless

Without a flat dish

ghost car

vehicle exterior attachments by purpose

license platebumper sticker

Adhesive vehicle message

decal · window cling

Family

plate, license, plates, licensed, plated, plating, unlicensed, licenses, platen

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G