register : Idioms & Phrases

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accumulator register

  • noun (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
    accumulator.
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cash register

  • noun a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
    register.
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check register

  • noun a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order)
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chest register

  • noun the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
    chest voice; chest tone.
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Fare indicator ∨ register

  • a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc.
Webster 1913

head register

  • noun the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
    head tone; head voice.
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index register

  • noun (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand
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Lloyd's register

  • a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly.
Webster 1913

Meteorological table, Meteorological register

  • a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc.
Webster 1913

Parish register

  • A book in which are recorded the births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a parish.
Webster 1913

register language

  • noun a tone language that uses different voice registers
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Register thermometer, ∨ Self-registering thermometer

  • a thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of temperature occurring in the interval of time between two consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
Webster 1913

registered bond

  • noun a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner
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Registered letter

  • a letter, the address of which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.
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registered mail

  • noun mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery
    registered mail.
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registered nurse

  • noun a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration
    RN.
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registered post

  • noun mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery
    registered mail.
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registered representative

  • noun someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
    customer's man; customer's broker; account executive; account representative.
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registered security

  • noun a security whose owner's name is recorded on the books of the issuer (or issuer's agent)
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self-registering

Self`-reg"is*ter*ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
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self-registering thermometer

  • noun a thermometer that records the temperature automatically
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shift register

  • noun (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
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Small register

  • . See the Note under 1st Register, 7.
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Thick register

  • . (Phon.) See the Note under Register, n., 7.
Webster 1913