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"pickup" in English

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pickupnoun

uk ​ /ˈpɪk.ʌp/ us ​ /ˈpɪk.ʌp/

pickup noun (COLLECTION)

› [ C ] the act of picking someone or something up, or the place where it happens:

The pickup point for the long-distance coaches is now in the new bus station.

› [ C ] informal a person who is picked up:

The taxi driver said I was the first pickup that he'd had all evening.

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pickupadjective [ only before noun ]

/ˈpɪk.ʌp/ /ˈpɪk.ʌp/ US informal

(Definition of “pickup” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"pickup" in American English

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pickupnoun

us ​ /ˈpɪkˌʌp/

pickup noun (GETTING)

› [ C ] the act of getting something or someone:

Trash pickups are on Tuesdays and Fridays.
We arranged the pickup for ten o’clock.

pickup noun (INCREASE)

› [ U ] an increase in something that has different levels at different times:

Next year is expected to show some pickup in inflation.

› [ U ] Pickup in a vehicle is its power to increase its rate of speed:

The car is easy to turn but it lacks pickup.

pickupadjective

us ​ /ˈpɪkˌʌp/

pickup adjective (INFORMAL)

› (of games) not officially organized:

The basketball courts bustled with pickup games.

(Definition of “pickup” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

"pickup" in Business English

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pickupnoun

also pick-up uk ​ /ˈpɪkʌp/ us ​

› [ S ] COMMERCE an increase or improvement in profits, sales, spending, etc.:

a pickup in sth Analysts said the pickup in sales was the result of heavy discounting by retailers.

› [ C ] also pickup truck TRANSPORT a small truck with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried:

He pulled up to the site in a pickup full of bricks.

› [ C or U ] the act of collecting goods or people from a particular place:

Recyclable materials can be left on the sidewalk for pickup.
Your purchases can be delivered or collected from the pickup point.

(Definition of “pickup” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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