English Dictionary

vehicle identification number

名詞

A mandatory unique alphanumeric code (usually 17 characters long) assigned to each vehicle produced, stamped into the metal on the dashboard on the left-hand side (viewable through the windshield), and on the engine block and at least one other place somewhere on the body of the vehicle.

日本語の意味

車両識別番号: 各自動車に割り当てられる必須の一意の英数字コード（通常17文字）。車両の左側ダッシュボード（フロントガラス越しに確認可能）、エンジンブロック、その他車体の複数の場所に刻印されている識別コードです。

Before buying the used car, she checked the vehicle identification number stamped on the dashboard and matched it with the engine block.

中古車を買う前に、彼女はダッシュボードに刻印された固有の17文字の英数字である車台番号を確認し、エンジンブロックと照合した。

意味（1）

A mandatory unique alphanumeric code (usually 17 characters long) assigned to each vehicle produced, stamped into the metal on the dashboard on the left-hand side (viewable through the windshield), and on the engine block and at least one other place somewhere on the body of the vehicle.

Seller of used car, who had fraudulently represented to buyer that the vehicle identification number (VIN) had been scratched out under windshield because former owner had been trying to prevent repossession of the car, was liable to buyer for punitive damages, based on having acted willfully or with reckless disregard for the consequences of the seller's conduct, even if the seller had not known the car had been chop shopped from two different vehicles.

vehicle identification numbers （ plural ）