vehicle identification number

基本解释

change the motor vehicle type, engine number, chassis number or vehicle identification number;
改变机动车型号、发动机号、车架号或者车辆识别代号；
Called whole of vehicle marking( WOVM), the system assigns a unique17 digit vehicle identification number to each vehicle upon importation into New Zealand.
称为全车辆标识的系统（OVM），含有17位数字的独特车辆辨识号码，被喷在每辆进口到纽西兰的车辆上。
The theory of the heat restoration method of vehicle identification number was introduced and experiment is also done to verify this method.
本文介绍了热显现法的原理，并通过实验验证了该技术在机动车字号显现中的效果，同时总结了该显现技术的显现步骤及注意事项。

You can use the vehicle identification number to get a report from a variety of online services, including AutoCheck and Carfax.
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Etch your vehicle identification number on car windows and major parts.
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For example, it has already put in place new computer codes to reject claims with a nonqualifying vehicle year and for the 2011 tax year (not for returns filed this year) it will require credit claimers to list the 17 character alpha-numeric vehicle identification number (VIN) .
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