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registrar Definition

reg·is·trar (reji strär′)

noun

    1. a person charged with keeping a register
    2. ☆ a college or university official responsible for registering students, maintaining their records, etc.
  1. a bank or trust company charged with keeping a record of the shares of a corporation and making certain that the number of shares issued does not exceed the number authorized

Etymology: ME registrer < ML registrarius

registrar Synonyms

registrar

n.

recorder, register, receiving clerk, registering clerk, university administrator, director of admissions, admissions officer, dean; see also clerk 2.

registrar Finance Definition
A bank or trust company that is responsible for keeping a record of the owners of a company’s securities, such as bonds and stocks, and making sure that the authorized amount of stock in circulation is not exceeded. A company’s board of directors or its shareholders must approve any increase in the amount of authorized stock shares over the company’s authorized limit.
registrar Law Definition

n

An official record keeper, such as the one who at a university keeps the academic records, or the agent of a corporation who records and keeps records of the names of stock and bond holders.
registrar Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • accredit: We are a partner of Tucows Inc, an ICANN accredited registrar.
  • notify: He notified the on-call gynecology registrar about Mrs Y's condition and he contacted the ITU SHO on three occasions during the night.
  • appoint: During the period, we were appointed registrar for two of the largest floats, being Northumbrian Water and Benfield.

Adjective modifier

  • obstetric: I got my answer from the obstetric registrar whom I met in the car park as we were leaving hospital!
  • surgical: The surgical registrar told the investigator that he visited Mrs Y at around 6.00pm on 28 October.
  • pediatric: She would also have told another pediatric registrar, who was about to take over responsibility when she went off duty.
  • anesthetic: The anesthetic registrar said he would take Mr B to the recovery area by the operating theater to intubate him there.
  • orthopedic: He was an orthopedic registrar in St Vincent's Hospital Dublin and worked during his post-graduate studies in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
  • acting: She recalled, too, that the acting registrar asked her to arrange Mrs X's transfer to the first hospital.

Modifies a noun

  • grade: Introduce the specialist registrar grade in medicine: achieved.

Noun used with modifier

  • superintendent: A superintendent registrar may also need to attend the ceremony.
  • GP: Download file for an example from a log book for GP registrars.
  • gynecology: Mrs Y then was not assessed until around 1.00pm, when the gynecology registrar saw her.
  • .eu: We chose Zen as our .eu registrar based on our previous experience of Zen Internet.
  • capita: Capita Registrars secured nearly half of all company flotations over the period, equating to 63 % of flotations by market capitalisation.
  • specialist: Please contact them to find out current rates for Public Health specialist registrars.

Preposition: in

  • rheumatology: Dr. Inam Haq is an arc Educational Research Fellow and a specialist registrar in rheumatology at the Middlesex Hospital in London.
  • dermatology: Dr. Victoria Lewis is a specialist registrar in dermatology working at the Welsh Institute of Dermatology in Cardiff.
  • psychiatry: Dr. Claire Atkinson MB BS MRCPsych, research specialist registrar in psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle.

Preposition: of

  • district: The superintendent registrar of the district where you wish to marry will be able to provide you with details of the fees payable.