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license plate
noun
: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number
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The lawsuit said leaked information included license plate numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle nicknames and, in a small number of cases, mailing addresses.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Investigators were also able to obtain the license plate information.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2024
Under the new law, those who evade tolls with license plate flippers may face a $2,000 fine.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
If finalized, the toll authority’s plan would raise passenger car tolls 50 cents in 2026, then over the following four years at different rates for FasTrak, license plate account holders and those who must be mailed an invoice.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1924, in the meaning defined above
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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license plate
noun
: a plate or tag (as of metal) showing that a license has been gotten and usually bearing a registration number
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