A registry is a collection of all the official records relating to something, or the place where they are kept.
It agreed to set up a central registry of arms sales. [+ of]
registry in British English
(ˈrɛdʒɪstrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-tries
1.
a place where registers are kept, such as the part of a church where the bride and groom sign a register after a wedding
Also called: registrary
2.
the registration of a ship's country of origin
a ship of Liberian registry
3. another word for registration
registry in American English
(ˈrɛdʒɪstri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈregistries
1.
registration
2.
an office where registers are kept
3.
an official record or list; register
4.
a certificate showing the nationality of a merchant ship as recorded in an official register
Examples of 'registry' in a sentence
registry
`The first ship on the spot was the Cap Chat, 1400-tonne coaster, Québec registry.
Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES (2002)
`Baz and I would like you all to be our guests at the registry office and then afterwards here for the reception.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
He married your mother in a registry office, and see what happened.
Fay Weldon NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES (2002)
But they'd already run a check on the registry and found that it was owned by a company in the Philippines.
Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice DALE BROWN'S DREAMLAND (5) STRIKE ZONE (2002)
In other languages
registry
British English: registry NOUN
A registry is a collection of all the official records relating to something, or the place where they are kept.
They agreed to set up a central registry.
American English: registry
Brazilian Portuguese: registro
Chinese: 记录收藏
European Spanish: registro
French: bureau d'enregistrement
German: Registratur
Italian: ufficio del registro
Japanese: 記録
Korean: 등기소
European Portuguese: registo
Latin American Spanish: registro
All related terms of 'registry'
land registry
In Britain , a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
open registry
ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality
registry office
A registry office is the same as a → register office .
register office
A register office is a place where births, marriages, and deaths are officially recorded, and where people can get married without a religious ceremony .
registrar's office
a government office where civil marriages are performed and births , marriages, and deaths are recorded