license plate


noun

a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.

Origin of license plate

First recorded in 1900–05

Example sentences from the Web for license plate

  • Cameras, license-plate readers, and briefings will not guarantee our security.

    Watching the Terrorists |Michael Sheehan |May 5, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
  • These rest-stops always had a license-plate cam at the entrance and a couple of anti-stickup cams around the cashier.

    Makers |Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for license plate

license plate

Canadian licence plate


noun

US and Canadian a plate mounted on the front and back of a motor vehicle bearing the registration number Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): numberplate