registered: Meaning and Definition of
reg•is•tered
Pronunciation: (rej'u-sturd), [key] — adj.
- recorded, as in a register or book; enrolled.
- officially listing the owner's name with the issuing corporation and suitably inscribing the certificate, as with bonds to evidence title. Abbr.: r
- officially or legally certified by a government officer or board: a registered patent.
- denoting cattle, horses, dogs, etc., having pedigrees verified and filed by authorized associations of breeders.
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