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Drop-off
noun
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Noun
- 1 A sudden downward slope or cliff.
- 2 a change downward wordnet
- 3 A sudden downward slope or cliff.; The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
- 4 a steep high face of rock wordnet
- 5 A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
"There has been an unexplained drop-off in sales this quarter."
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- 6 a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality wordnet
- 7 A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
"Starting tomorrow, they'd do dropoffs and pickups instead of leaving their vehicles unguarded."
- 8 A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit. US, especially
"Fifty car parking spaces, a drop-off point, five spaces for blue badge holders and lighting masts are all included in the plan, as is cycle parking on the station forecourt and ticket vending machines."
- 9 A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
"These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up."
- 10 A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation. Internet
"We're seeing a lot of drop-offs on the shop product pages; why aren't people making purchases?"
Etymology
Deverbal from drop off.
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