The index number

English translation: registration number

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English term or phrase:	The index number
Selected answer:	registration number
Entered by:	Dave Calderhead

08:16 Aug 15, 2006

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English term or phrase: The index number

A police to a suspect's house to seize his motorcycle.

"And could we see your motorcycle please? Your own machine. The index number is on the warrant"

I'm just not sure if index number is the "registered or license no. of the motorcycle" or "index no. of the warrant"?

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registration number

Explanation:
or licence plate number IMHO

Vehicle registration plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA vehicle registration plate, usually called license plate or number plate (often referred to simply as a plate, or colloquially tag) is a small metal or ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_plate

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Dave Calderhead
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Local time: 13:52

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thank you very much indeed
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registration number

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Engine Number

Ramesh Madhavan

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the index number

registration number

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 13:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Grading comment

thank you very much indeed

6 hrs confidence:

the index number Engine Number

Explanation:
All engines have a manufacturing number embossed on the engine block (metal part of the engine). The registration number is a new number given by the Transport Authority. Both numbers appear on the Registration Certificate. The index number is not easy to erase without detection. It is easy to change your Registration Number plate. It is not easy to erase the manufacturing number on your Engine Block.

Hope this helps.

Ramesh Madhavan
Local time: 17:22
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Tamil
PRO pts in category: 16

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