rego

Car registration, informally

Rego is Australian slang for vehicle registration—both the process and the fees paid to keep a car legally on the road.

My rego's due next month.

The term extends to the registration sticker or label displayed on the windscreen.

Pronounced with a hard g.

registration

enrollment

Act of registering officially

licenseFormal grant of permission
certificateFormal written attestation
documentationWritten proof or instructions

renewal · plates · sticker · vehicle · roadworthy · compliance · transfer · fee · expiry · inspection

rule

govern

Exercise political control

reignSovereign's time in power
commandAuthoritative instruction given
directUndeviating or to guide

control · authority · sovereignty · dominion · power · kingdom · monarch · decree · mandate · edict

latin

emperor

Male ruler of empire

senateLegislative governing body
republicState with elected leaders
CaesarRoman imperial title

tribune · consul · patrician · plebeian · legion · province · Rome · citizen · veto · dictator

Opposites

registration status

regounregistered

Not formally recorded

deregistered · expired registration · written off · scrapped · unlicensed

vehicle legitimacy

regounroadworthy

Unsafe for public streets

written off · unlicensed

vehicle documentation

Formal honorific or name

pink slip · logbook

Phrases

cash registerRetail transaction machine
car registrationOfficial vehicle ownership record
voter registrationSigning up for elections
party registrationDeclaring political affiliation officially
vehicle registrationOfficial record of ownership
license and registration

Family

register, registration, regent, regency, regnant, regents

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