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Registry

The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.

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Cadaster 76% connected

An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cadastre 76% connected

Alt. of Cadaster

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Regest 76% connected

A register.

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Studbook 76% connected

A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.

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Register 74% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Register 74% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Register 92% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accumulator noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

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Accumulator register noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

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Balance of international payments noun · 78% connection

a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable bala…

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Balance of payments noun · 78% connection

a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable bala…

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Best evidence rule noun · 78% connection

a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: recording, writing, register, enrollment, registration.
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Capital account noun · 78% connection

(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities

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Cardiogram noun · 78% connection

a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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Census noun · 78% connection

An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country.

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Conscription noun · 78% connection

A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

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Control noun · 78% connection

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control function noun · 78% connection

an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the dat…

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Control operation noun · 78% connection

an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the dat…

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Current account noun · 78% connection

that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments

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ECG noun · 78% connection

a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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EKG noun · 78% connection

a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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Electrocardiogram noun · 78% connection

a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph

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Enlistment noun · 78% connection

The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.

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Enroll noun · 78% connection

To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leav…

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