Number Plate

A number plate may be:

  • a vehicle registration plate
  • a plate attached to a locomotive indicating their number, particularly in the UK and Australia, which are often collected as memorabilia.
  • a plate attached to the front or sides of racing vehicle denoting the ranking level of the racer at the end of the previous racing season

Famous quotes containing the words number and/or plate:

    “It is not the number of years we have behind us, but the number we have before us, that makes us careful and responsible and determined to find out the truth about everything.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “Then he rang the bell and ordered a ham sandwich. When the maid placed the plate on the table, he deliberately looked away but as soon as the door had shut, he grabbed the sandwich with both hands, immediately soiled his fingers and chin with the hanging margin of fat and, grunting greedily, began to much.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)