rego
/ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The fee required for such registration.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Colloquial; Uncountable
noun
The registration number of a motor vehicle, used by police to access registration details such as the identity of the owner.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Colloquial; Countable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "David couldn′t drive his car as he hadn′t paid his rego."
- "“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.[…]”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English register Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English registration Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English rego From registration + -o (diminutive suffix).
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɹɛdʒəʊ/