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noun

register

CEFR B1

an official written record of names or events or transactions

In a sentence

Six example sentences with register, each labelled with its topic.

  • The parish register lists every baptism since the sixteen hundreds, which is why genealogists still travel to the village.

    History

  • Anyone may inspect the land register, though copying a full title still costs a small fee at the counter.

    Law

  • The shareholder register showed one anonymous holding large enough to swing any vote at the annual meeting.

    Business

  • The inn's guest register goes back to 1890, and the pages hold the signatures of two poets and a president.

    Travel

  • Names dropped from the electoral register in the purge, and thousands arrived at polling stations only to be turned away.

    Politics

  • The mill was added to the register of historic buildings, so any change to its facade now needs approval.

    Architecture

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