register

Definition of register

Nouns

an official written record of names or events or transactions

Synonyms:: registry

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; cadaster, cadastre
a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation; check register
a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order); studbook
official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses; rent-roll
a register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay

Type of:: written account, written record
a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events

(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments

Types:: head register, head tone, head voice
the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head; falsetto
a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register; chest register, chest tone, chest voice
the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing

Type of:: quality, timber, timbre, tone
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

a book in which names and transactions are listed

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; accounting, accounting system, method of accounting
a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts; control account
an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger; accounting entry, entry, ledger entry
a written record of a commercial transaction; credit side
account of payments received; usually the right side of a financial statement; debit side
account of payments owed; usually the left side of a financial statement; accrual basis
a method of accounting in which each item is entered as it is earned or incurred regardless of when actual payments are received or made; cash basis
a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made; pooling of interest
an accounting method used in the merging of companies; the balance sheets are added together item by item; this method is tax-free; audit, audited account
an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA; limited review, review
(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data; inventory
(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods; payroll, paysheet
a list of employees and their salaries

Type of:: record
a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; accumulator, accumulator register
(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register; counter
(computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers); index register
(computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand; shift register
(computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right

Type of:: memory device, storage device
a device that preserves information for retrieval

an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room

Type of:: air duct, air passage, airway
a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device

Type of:: regulator
any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.

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

Synonyms:: cash register

Type of:: cashbox, money box, till
a strongbox for holding cash

Verbs

record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; file, register
record in a public office or in a court of law; trademark
register the trademark of; patent
grant rights to; grant a patent for; enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit
register formally as a participant or member; draft, enlist, muster in
engage somebody to enter the army; unionise, unionize
recruit for a union or organize into a union; register
enroll to vote; matriculate
enroll as a student; list
include in a list; inventory, stock-take, take stock
make or include in an itemized record or report; empanel, impanel
enter into a list of prospective jurors; index
list in an index; blacklist
put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted; post
enter on a public list; book
register in a hotel booker

Type of:: enter, put down, record
make a record of; set down in permanent form

record in a public office or in a court of law

Synonyms:: file

Types:: trademark
register the trademark of

Type of:: register
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

enroll to vote

"register for an election"

Type of:: enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit
register formally as a participant or member

be aware of

"Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

Synonyms:: record

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Synonyms:: read, record, show

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; say
indicate; show
give evidence of, as of records; attest
establish or verify the usage of; surcharge
show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given; strike
indicate (a certain time) by striking

Type of:: indicate
to state or express briefly

have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

Synonyms:: cross-file

Types:: slate
enter on a list or slate for an election

Type of:: campaign, run
run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

show in one's face

"Her surprise did not register"

Synonyms:: record
be aware of

Type of:: show, show up
be or become visible or noticeable

manipulate the registers of an organ

Type of:: play
perform music on (a musical instrument)

send by registered mail

"I'd like to register this letter"

Type of:: mail, post, send
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

enter into someone's consciousness

"Did this event register in your parents' minds?"

Synonyms:: record
be aware of

Type of:: affect
act physically on; have an effect upon

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