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reg·is·try

 (rĕj′ĭ-strē)
n. pl. reg·is·tries
1. The act of registering; registration.
2. The registered nationality of a ship.
3. A place for registering.
4.
a. A book for official records.
b. The place where such records are kept.
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registry

(ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ)
n, pl -tries
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a place where registers are kept, such as the part of a church where the bride and groom sign a register after a wedding. Also called: registrary
2. (Nautical Terms) the registration of a ship's country of origin: a ship of Liberian registry.
3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) another word for registration
4. (Mechanical Engineering) another word for registration
5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another word for registration
6. (Communications & Information) another word for registration
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reg•is•try

(ˈrɛdʒ ə stri)

n., pl. -tries.
1. the act of registering; registration.
2. a place where a register is kept; an office of registration.
3. an official record; register.
4. the state of being registered.
5. the nationality of a merchant ship as shown on its register.
[1475–85]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.registry - an official written record of names or events or transactionsregistry - an official written record of names or events or transactions
cadaster, cadastre - a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation
written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
check register - a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order)
studbook - official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
rent-roll - a register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay
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Translations
إدارَة السِّجِلات والمَحْفوظات
ohlašovací úřed
register
iktató
skráningarstofa
mestský úradobčiansky úrad
sicil dairesi

registry

[ˈredʒɪstrɪ]
A. Nregistro m, archivo m (Univ) → secretaría f general
servants' registryagencia f de colocaciones
B. CPD registry office Nregistro m civil
to get married at a registry officecasarse por lo civil
it was a registry office weddingfue una boda por lo civil
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

registry

[ˈrɛdʒstri] nbureau m de l'enregistrementregistry office n (British)bureau m de l'état civil
to get married in a registry office → se marier à la mairie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

registry

n
Sekretariat nt; (in church) → Sakristei f; (Brit: = registry office) → Standesamt nt; port of registryHeimathafen m
(Comput) (of system files)Registry nt, → Registrierung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

registry

[ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ] n (record office) → archivo; (in university) → segreteria
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

register

(ˈredʒistə) noun
(a book containing) a written list, record etc. a school attendance register; a register of births, marriages and deaths.
verb
1. to write or cause to be written in a register. to register the birth of a baby.
2. to write one's name, or have one's name written, in a register etc. They arrived on Friday and registered at the Hilton Hotel.
3. to insure (a parcel, letter etc) against loss in the post.
4. (of an instrument, dial etc) to show (a figure, amount etc). The thermometer registered 25C.
ˈregistered adjective
a registered letter.
ˌregiˈstrar (-ˈstraː) noun
1. a person whose duty it is to keep a register (especially of births, marriages and deaths).
2. in the United Kingdom etc one of the grades of hospital doctors.
ˈregistryplural ˈregistries noun
an office or place where registers are kept.
register office / registry office
an office where records of births, marriages etc are kept and where marriages may be performed.
registration number (also licence number)
the letters and numbers which a car, bus etc has on a plate at the front and rear.
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registry

n registro; tumor — registro de tumores
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