registry

registry: registry re‧gis‧try [ˈredʒstri] noun registries _PLURALFORM [countable]

a place where official records are kept and can be examined by members of the public:

• the Trade Marks Registry

ˈcompanies ˌregistry [countable usually plural]

LAW in Britain and some other countries, an official list of companies, with the names of their directors, records of their accounts etc:

• According to the companies registry, the firm did not exist.

ˈland ˌregistry [singular]

LAW PROPERTY in Britain and many other countries, a central organization that keeps records of who owns land in different places:

• She will apply to the land registry for a copy of the title deeds of the property.

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registry UK US /ˈredʒɪstri/ noun [C] (plural registries)

► an official record of people or things relating to a business or other activity: »The centre manages an online registry of share ownership.
on/in the registry »Sixty companies have been listed on the registry since it opened.
»There was no reliable public property registry.

► an organization or place that keeps official records: »You can get the dates from the central registry in the town hall.
»The registry has now published the statewide cancer data.

► IT on some computer systems, the place on the computer where information is recorded about software settings on the computer: »In order for your computer to know how to run properly, the registry sets up instructions for it to follow.
»A slow computer is often the result of registry errors.

→ See also COMPANIES REGISTRY(Cf. ↑Companies Registry), LAND REGISTRY(Cf. ↑land registry), PORT OF REGISTRY(Cf. ↑port of registry)

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Synonyms:

Registering, enrolment, recording / Registrar's office / Record, register

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