vanity plate
nounDefinition of vanity plate
: a license plate bearing letters or numbers designated by the owner of the vehicle
— called also vanity license plate
Examples of vanity plate in a Sentence
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The recall letter said Auger had 10 days to surrender her plate with the option to chose another vanity plate at no extra cost or have one assigned to her. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, "A mom with a license plate that reads 'PB4WEGO' wins a battle with the state to keep it," 29 Aug. 2019 In the town that also birthed General Motors, Manley drives a black Cadillac Escalade with the vanity plate THSHARK. — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, "How a Flint court battle became Mateen Cleaves' most divisive victory," 21 Aug. 2019 In fact, Tartaro joins a long lineage of people whose vanity plates backfired in spectacular fashion. — Brian Barrett, WIRED, "A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong," 18 Aug. 2019 In his free time, Ramirez can be found tending to his large collection of cacti or driving his Dodge Viper with the vanity plate R8TLSNK. — Scott Strazzante, SFChronicle.com, "Rattlesnake wrangler constantly on call to remove, relocate snakes," 28 July 2019 In the family’s garage is a Maserati, a gift from his father, who added a vanity plate with his son’s gaming tag, CRIMZ. — Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, "Father, son ‘all-in’ on teen’s bid for eSports stardom," 6 July 2019 The images show a gray, four-door sedan, but investigators were interested in another vehicle as well, a white full-size SUV with vanity plates whose occupants may have witnessed the crash, according to police. — Matthew Walberg, Daily Southtown, "9-year-old Chicago boy killed, mother, sister injured in hit-and-run at 86th and Cicero in Burbank," 18 June 2018 The vanity plate is permitted because the couple was not driving on a public road. — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, "The Amazing Detail You Probably Missed as Meghan and Harry Left for Their Evening Reception," 20 May 2018 Standing nearly 9 feet tall and 19 feet long, his van’s dark gray, utilitarian exterior with black HOPEBLT vanity plates conceals a spacious, blond-wood interior. — Amanda M. Fairbanks, San Francisco Chronicle, "The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van: Marin’s newest obsession," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vanity plate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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