Drop-off

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A sudden downward slope or cliff..

Definitions by Sense

1. A sudden downward slope or cliff.
2. A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
3. A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
4. (especially US) A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
5. A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
6. (Internet) 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.

Example Sentences

There has been an unexplained drop-off in sales this quarter.

Starting tomorrow, they'd do dropoffs and pickups instead of leaving their vehicles unguarded.

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.

These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up.

We're seeing a lot of drop-offs on the shop product pages; why aren't people making purchases?

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• drop-offs
• dropoff

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