Money or some other valuable item given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.
A prize given to the winner in a contest.
A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
Plate armor.
An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
A vehicle license plate.
The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
A record, usually vinyl.
A course at a meal.
A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
Home plate.
The contents of such a dish.
Precious metal, especially silver.
A foot, from "plates of meat".
A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
A tectonic plate.
An image or copy.
Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
A flat object of uniform thickness.
An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
trauma plate.
An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
A material covered with such a layer.
The anode of a vacuum tube.
A roundel of silver or argent.
Such dishes collectively.
A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
To arm or defend with metal plates.
To beat into thin plates.
To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
(particularly with early British stamps) to identify the printing plate used.
To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
To score a run.