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Definitions: Registrar |
RegistrarNoun1. 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) |
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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. | |
Synonyms: RegistrarSynonyms: recorder (n), record-keeper (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Registrar |
| English words defined with "registrar": allege, aver ♦ Greffier ♦ Registrarship, Registrary ♦ say. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "registrar": academic registrar ♦ Birth Certificates ♦ education department registrar, evidence of title ♦ PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRAR ♦ REGISTRAR, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, REGISTRAR, MUSEUM, registrar, nurses' registry ♦ TUMOR 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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| Thumbnail | Description & 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. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.42% | 401 | 13,953 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.58% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Total | 100.00% | 474 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "registrar": academic registrar ♦ court registrar ♦ land registrar ♦ registrar in bankruptcy. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "registrar": registrar-general. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| 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 secretário (amanuensis, secretary), escrivão (Scrivener, writer), arquivista (archivist, recorder). (various references) ofiţer al stãrii civile, notar (notary, Scrivener), grefier (recorder), arhivar (archivist, recorder, town clerk), înregistrator (recorder, recording, register, registering). (various references) архивариус (archivist). (various references) pisar (scribe, scrivener), arhivar (archivist, recorder), šef odseka za evidenciju studenata. (various references) secretario (banyan, clerk, sec, secretary, secretary bird), registrador (mileage counter, odometer, recorder, register, self-recording). (various references) notarie (clerk). (various references) sicil memuru (recorder), nikâh memuru (register), nüfus memuru (register), kayıt memuru (register), evlendirme memuru. (various references) ре"страційне бюро, архіваріус (archivist). (various references) khai tử. (various references) cofrestrydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | registrarius. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "registrar": registrars. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 67 69 73 74 72 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . --. .. ... - .-. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e g i s t r a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0067 0069 0073 0074 0072 0061 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527173758586846784 |
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