serial number

noun — 2 senses

serial number

noun
1

Usually A unique identifier, consisting of numbers, letters or other typographical symbols, assigned to a particular unit of some product in order to identify it.

2

Sometimes A number identifying an item in any numbered series (whether in the sense above or otherwise), such as a numbered list.

Derived terms
file off the serial numbers

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