rego

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/(UK)

Definition of rego

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable, usually)Registration for a motor vehicle.
    “The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.”
    “You might give these people a badge or some livery for their boat and you can give them a discount on the rego of their boat.”
    “They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates.”
    “When you come to buy or sell a car, every state has its own regulations, particularly with rego (registration).”
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noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable, usually)Registration for a motor vehicle.
    “The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.”
    “You might give these people a badge or some livery for their boat and you can give them a discount on the rego of their boat.”
    “They gave us permission to drive in Australia under the British rego, meaning we still had our GB number plates.”
    “When you come to buy or sell a car, every state has its own regulations, particularly with rego (registration).”
  2. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable, usually)The fee required for such registration.
    “David couldn′t drive his car as he hadn′t paid his rego.”
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, countable, usually)The registration number of a motor vehicle, used by police to access registration details such as the identity of the owner.
    ““They also got the regos of the cars. There were two commercial travelers whose cars were trapped inside by the pickets, and they got hit with writs.[…]””
    “A line of cars was parked along one side, presumably belonging to the sex workers and their clients. ‘Get their regos,’ Borghini said to one of his people.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From registration + -o (diminutive suffix).

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