Significado de "pickup" no Dicionário de Inglês

"pickup" no Inglês

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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.

pickup noun (INCREASE)

[ S ] an increase or improvement:

There's been a pickup in the value of the stock.
have good/bad pickup US

(of a car) to be able/unable to increase speed quickly

pickupadjective [ only before noun ]

/ˈpɪk.ʌp/ /ˈpɪk.ʌp/ US informal

(Definição de "pickup" do Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"pickup" no Inglês Americano

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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.

(Definição de "pickup" do Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

"pickup" em Inglês para negócios

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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.

(Definição de "pickup" do Cambridge Dicionário de Inglês para Negócios © Cambridge University Press)