Registrar

  

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Registrar

Definitions: Registrar

Registrar

Noun

1. A person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company.

2. The administrator responsible for student records.

3. Someone responsible for keeping records.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "registrar" was first used: 1675. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: Registrar

DomainDefinitions

Archeological

An individual responsible for the development and implementation of procedures and policies affecting the acquisition, management, and disposition of collections. A registrar also usually maintains all collection documentation, including inventory and loans. Specific duties vary between institutions. (references)

Economics

Personne qui reçoit les demandes d'inscription dans une association professionnelle. Source: European Union. (references)

Education

An officer of an educational institution charged with registering students, keeping acedemic records, issuing official information. Source: European Union. (references)

Finance

Is a bank or trust company which is responsible for preventing the distribution of more shares of a corporation than has been authorized. Source: European Union. (references)
 The agent in charge of the company's register of shareholders. Source: European Union. (references)

Law

A person employed in a public office, or as an officer of a court, whose duty is to keep records or accounts. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

Responsible to a consultant for routine medical care of patients while training for a higher qualification for a career in hospital or general practice. Source: European Union. (references)

Occupations

Registers visitors to public facilities, such as national or state parks, military bases, and monuments: Stops vehicles and pedestrians at gate and records name, nationality, home address, license plate number of vehicle, and time of entrance and departure. Cautions visitors about fires, wild animals, travel hazards, and domestic pets and informs them of laws and regulations pertaining to area. May issue information leaflets. May collect fees and issue entry and fire permits. May give talks describing historical, natural, or scenic points of area. (references)

Public Administration

Senior college/university official responsible for the central administration of matters affecting the institution's academic performance, the registration of students, the standards of courses, the arranging of examinations, etc. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Registrar

Synonyms: recorder (n), record-keeper (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Registrar

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Recorder

Noun: recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary, register; prothonotary; amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Registrar

English words defined with "registrar": allege, averGreffierRegistrarship, Registrarysay. (references)
Specialty definitions using "registrar": academic registrarBirth Certificateseducation department registrar, evidence of titlePUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRARREGISTRAR, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, REGISTRAR, MUSEUM, registrar, nurses' registryTUMOR REGISTRAR. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Registrar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (book, calendar, enrol, enroll, inscribe, label printer, list, matriculate, prick off, read, record, register, score, set down, signalize, trace, write down), Spanish (audit, check, check up on, clock, enrol, enroll, enter, examine, file, inspect, list, look through, minute, record, register, ring up, schedule, search, show, supervise, tackle, verify, write down).

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Commercial Usage: Registrar

DomainTitle

Books

  • Deputy Registrar (Career Examination Series : C-1246) (reference)

  • Election Registrar (Career Examination Series: C-1266) (reference)

  • Iso 9000 Registrar & Consulting Organizations (reference)

  • Registrar (Career Examination Ser. : C-1452) (reference)

  • Ships employed in the South Seas trade, 1775-1861 (parts I and II); and, Registrar general of shipping and seaman : transcripts of registers of shipping, 1787-1862 (part III) (reference)

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Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Registrar

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration training center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Mrs. Mary C. Bromage, administrative assistant and registrar. Mrs. Bromage formerly held a similar position at the University of Michi.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Registrar

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The initial step in forming a company is to register the proposed company name with the registrar of companies at the Attorney General's Chambers. (references)

The Companies Act of 1973, which is administered by the Registrar of Companies, regulates the formation, conduct of affairs, and liquidation of all companies. (references)

Next, the Memorandum and Articles of Association should be filed with the registrar of companies who, upon satisfaction, issues the Certificate of Incorporation. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zambia

All organizations must apply formally for registration to the Registrar of Societies. (references)

Tanzania

Government ministers and the Registrar of Newspapers pressure journalists to practice self-censorship. (references)

Kenya

The act requires that every association be registered or exempted from registration by the Registrar of Societies. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

The Act also requires all companies to file annual returns with the Registrar of Companies. (references)

Mauritius

They can submit their applications to form a company directly to the Registrar of Companies. (references)

Trinidad

Filing constitutional and corporate information with the Registrar of Companies registers branches. (references)

Human Rights

Nauru

The District Court is presided over by a Resident Magistrate, who is also the Registrar of the Supreme Court. (references)

Kenya

In treason and murder cases, the deputy registrar of the High Court can appoint three assessors to sit with the High Court judge. (references)

Malaysia

In 1998 the Government amended the Companies Act to grant the Registrar of Companies wide powers to block or disband organizations deemed prejudicial to national security or the national interest. (references)

Political Economy

JORDAN

Patents must be registered with the Registrar of Patents and Trademarks at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. (references)

BANGLADESH

To engage in collective bargaining, each union must nominate representatives to a Collective Bargaining Authority (CBA) committee, which the Registrar of Trade Unions must approve after reviewing the selection process. (references)

NIGERIA

Registration is authorized only where the Registrar of Trade Unions determines that it is expedient in that no other existing union is sufficiently representative of the interests of those workers seeking to be registered. (references)

Political Rights

Zimbabwe

Although the Ministry of Justice technically administers the Electoral Act, the Registrar General's Office falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

There are 2 women in the National Assembly, 1 woman in the Cabinet, all 3 magistrates are women, the court registrar is female, and 5 of 18 permanent secretaries are female. (references)

Zimbabwe

On December 31, the High Court ordered the Registrar General to supply a copy of the entire voters' roll to the opposition for inspection; however, this did not occur by year's end. (references)

Trade

France

The AFAQ (Association Franaise pour l'Assurance de la Qualité) is the French quality system registrar, which delivers ISO 9000 certifications. (references)

Worker Rights

Zimbabwe

These bodies submit their agreements to the Registrar in the MPSLSW for approval. (references)

Malaysia

At year's end, the federation still had not been recognized by the federal registrar of trade unions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Registrar

"Registrar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.42% of the time. "Registrar" is used about 474 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)84.42%40113,953
Noun (proper)15.58%7438,813
                    Total100.00%474N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Registrar

Expressions using "registrar": academic registrar court registrar land registrar registrar in bankruptcy. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "registrar": registrar-general.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Registrar

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

registrar

393

general ontario registrar

16

domain registrar

335

brocku.ca registrar

15

arizona registrar of contractor

226

uwo registrar

15

domain name registrar

150

ohio state university registrar

13

registrar of company

55

registrar dominio

12

registrar of contractor

55

company registrar singapore

12

los angeles county registrar

54

cisco network registrar

11

icann registrar

53

angeles los recorder registrar

10

los angeles county registrar recorder

36

general office ontario registrar

10

az contractor registrar

35

cancer registrar

10

malaysia registrar of company

27

registrar lock

9

registrar office

24

resplendant registrar

9

registrar general

19

resplendent registrar

9

registrar of voter

19

los angeles registrar

9

1 registrar

18

orange county registrar of voter

9

office of the registrar general

18

registrar transfer company

9

registrar recorder

18

clerk county recorder registrar

9

orange county registrar

18

la county registrar recorder

9

la county registrar

16

company jamaica registrar

9

federal registrar

16

certified registrar tumor

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Registrar

Language Translations for "registrar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ofiqar i gjendjes civile (city recorder), nënpunës i gjendjes civile, kryesekretar. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏المسجل (marker, record holder), ‏أمين السجل, ‏رئيس ألسجلات. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

секретар (actuary, amanuensis, clerk, officer, recorder, scribe, secretary, writer), регистратор (actuary, monitor, recorder, registrant), архивар (recorder), лекар специализант. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

管理员 (Administrator, janitor, Overseer). (various references)

   

Czech

  

registrátor, notář (notary), matrikář. (various references)

   

Danish

  

registrator af aktiebog, justitssekretæren. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

griffier (clerk, Secretary General). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

registristo. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

osakerekisterin pitäjä. (various references)

   

French

  

greffier (court registrar, court reporter, recorder, reporter). (various references)

   

German

  

Standesbeamte. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γραμματέας (amanuensis), ληξίαρχοσ, αρχειοφύλαξ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

רשם (recorder). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

irattáros, egyetemi irodavezető, anyakönyvvezető (justice of the peace). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pendaftar (recorder, registrant), pencatat (annotator, recorder), fakultas (faculty). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cancelliere (chancellor, clerk). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

기록원. (various references)

   

Manx

  

recortysser (archivist, chronicler, recorder). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

egistrarray

   

Portuguese

  

secretário (amanuensis, secretary), escrivão (Scrivener, writer), arquivista (archivist, recorder). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ofiţer al stãrii civile, notar (notary, Scrivener), grefier (recorder), arhivar (archivist, recorder, town clerk), înregistrator (recorder, recording, register, registering). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

архивариус (archivist). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pisar (scribe, scrivener), arhivar (archivist, recorder), šef odseka za evidenciju studenata. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

secretario (banyan, clerk, sec, secretary, secretary bird), registrador (mileage counter, odometer, recorder, register, self-recording). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

notarie (clerk). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sicil memuru (recorder), nikâh memuru (register), nüfus memuru (register), kayıt memuru (register), evlendirme memuru. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

ре"страційне бюро, архіваріус (archivist). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

khai tử. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cofrestrydd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Registrar

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Medieval Latin700-1500

registrarius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Registrar

Derivations

Words beginning with "registrar": registrars. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Registrar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Registar, registerer, registra, registray, registree, registrer, regsistrar, Rwegasira. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Registrar

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-r-r-r-s-t"

-1 letter: starrier, tarriers.

-2 letters: aigrets, artsier, gaiters, garrets, garters, graters, seagirt, stagier, stirrer, tarrier, tarries, tarsier, triages.

-3 letters: ageist, aigret, airers, airest, arrest, artier, gaiter, garret, garter, gaster, grater, grates, gratis, greats, irater, raiser, rarest, raster, raters, rerigs, retags, sagier, satire, sierra, stager, starer, striae, targes, tarres, terais, terras, tigers, triage, triers.

-4 letters: aegis, agers.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-r-r-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: registrars.

 

+2 letters: arbitragers, rearresting.

 

+3 letters: arbitrageurs, arteriograms, pyrargyrites, refrigerants, refrigerates, transferring.

 

+4 letters: interrogators, metrorrhagias, refrigerators, tergiversator.

 

+5 letters: agroforestries, cotransferring, interferograms, intermarriages, irregularities, kindergartners, refrigerations, reinvigorators, reregistration, retransferring, retransforming, tergiversators.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Registrar


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 67 69 73 74 72 61 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#103 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#114 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0067 0069 0073 0074 0072 0061 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527173758586846784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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