A sign affixed to the front and rear of a vehicle displaying its registration number.
〈英〉（汽车的）牌照
North American term licence plate
Example sentencesExamples
Mr Clarke says the tolling system could take the form of registering a disc inside the car or reading the number plate.
The eye of the cop is primarily on the number plate of the vehicle.
From next month police will be able to crosscheck automatically a number plate with a list of vehicles without a valid MOT certificate.
They would use lasers to record the gap between two vehicles over a given distance, their speeds and the number plate of the offending driver.
When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again.
Other drivers who have registered can key the number plate into their phone.
You will also need an illuminated number plate at the rear of the unit.
As pointed out by a friend of mine, they do not have a number plate at the front, so it would appear that the cameras are there merely to catch the unsuspecting car driver.
An example is the release for the boot lid which is recessed above the rear number plate.
It reads a portion of your number plate, and reads it again, works out your speed, and if there is slow traffic it shows up on their system.
The only sign of Johnson's spending was a people-carrier bearing a personalised number plate in the driveway outside the house.
Why not get a personalised number plate straight from the DVLA?
It had four doors, windshield wipers, mirrors, exhaust pipe and a number plate.
There is no sign of the taxi, only its number plate has been found.
The fake number plate has a GB sign on it while the car has a different road tax to Mrs Onifade's own Renault Clio.
The driver of the wrecker summoned to remove the damaged cars was also charged for not displaying his number plate.
Photos don't quite do it justice: it looks better both in real life and with a number plate visually breaking it up.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds asked motorists to record the number of dead insects on their number plate on a journey in June.
Officers checked his number plate with the DVLA and then issued the fine. Now he must fork out almost half of his weekly pension to pay.
His front number plate was ripped off in the collision.
Definition of number plate in US English:
number plate
nounˈnəmbər plātˈnəmbər pleɪt
British
A sign affixed to a vehicle displaying its registration details; a license plate.
〈英〉（汽车的）牌照
Example sentencesExamples
The only sign of Johnson's spending was a people-carrier bearing a personalised number plate in the driveway outside the house.
Other drivers who have registered can key the number plate into their phone.
When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again.
From next month police will be able to crosscheck automatically a number plate with a list of vehicles without a valid MOT certificate.
Why not get a personalised number plate straight from the DVLA?
The eye of the cop is primarily on the number plate of the vehicle.
Mr Clarke says the tolling system could take the form of registering a disc inside the car or reading the number plate.
An example is the release for the boot lid which is recessed above the rear number plate.
It reads a portion of your number plate, and reads it again, works out your speed, and if there is slow traffic it shows up on their system.
There is no sign of the taxi, only its number plate has been found.
Photos don't quite do it justice: it looks better both in real life and with a number plate visually breaking it up.
It had four doors, windshield wipers, mirrors, exhaust pipe and a number plate.
His front number plate was ripped off in the collision.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds asked motorists to record the number of dead insects on their number plate on a journey in June.
You will also need an illuminated number plate at the rear of the unit.
They would use lasers to record the gap between two vehicles over a given distance, their speeds and the number plate of the offending driver.
The driver of the wrecker summoned to remove the damaged cars was also charged for not displaying his number plate.
The fake number plate has a GB sign on it while the car has a different road tax to Mrs Onifade's own Renault Clio.
As pointed out by a friend of mine, they do not have a number plate at the front, so it would appear that the cameras are there merely to catch the unsuspecting car driver.
Officers checked his number plate with the DVLA and then issued the fine. Now he must fork out almost half of his weekly pension to pay.