Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or conducting exchanges with clients who drive up to a window and remain in their automobiles.
- adjective Performed or provided quickly and routinely.
- noun A drive-through establishment, especially a restaurant.
- noun A window at such an establishment, from which business is conducted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective arranged to allow business to be transacted or sights to be seen while patrons remain in their vehicles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of an establishment, providing
service to occupants ofautomobiles while still in their still-running vehicle. - adjective Of a feature of such an establishment (especially a window), adapted to provide such service.
- noun An establishment, especially a
restaurant , providing drive-through service. - noun The
window of such an establishment adapted for such purpose.
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Examples
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Your grandchild may be a great kid, but when using plastic for the first time at college, don't underestimate the appeal of pizza parties, midnight snacks at the local drive-through and the siren call of the mall.
Beverly Blair Harzog: 5 Credit Card Traps That Can Ruin Your Retirement Beverly Blair Harzog 2010
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Your grandchild may be a great kid, but when using plastic for the first time at college, don't underestimate the appeal of pizza parties, midnight snacks at the local drive-through and the siren call of the mall.
Beverly Blair Harzog: 5 Credit Card Traps That Can Ruin Your Retirement Beverly Blair Harzog 2010
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This is the meat we buy in grocery stores, and order from the drive-through window at fast food joints.
Laurie David: Antibiotics and Food Production: Are we Feeding a Health Crisis and Squandering the Cure? Laurie David 2011
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Your grandchild may be a great kid, but when using plastic for the first time at college, don't underestimate the appeal of pizza parties, midnight snacks at the local drive-through and the siren call of the mall.
Beverly Blair Harzog: 5 Credit Card Traps That Can Ruin Your Retirement Beverly Blair Harzog 2010
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This is the meat we buy in grocery stores, and order from the drive-through window at fast food joints.
Laurie David: Antibiotics and Food Production: Are we Feeding a Health Crisis and Squandering the Cure? Laurie David 2011
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We mounted a huge PR and advertising campaign designed to restore Americans' faith in managed care, which had taken a beating in the press for such well-publicized practices as "drive-through mastectomies" and "drive-though deliveries."
Wendell Potter: The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change Wendell Potter 2011
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We mounted a huge PR and advertising campaign designed to restore Americans' faith in managed care, which had taken a beating in the press for such well-publicized practices as "drive-through mastectomies" and "drive-though deliveries."
Wendell Potter: The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change Wendell Potter 2011
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We mounted a huge PR and advertising campaign designed to restore Americans' faith in managed care, which had taken a beating in the press for such well-publicized practices as "drive-through mastectomies" and "drive-though deliveries."
Wendell Potter: The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change Wendell Potter 2011
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We mounted a huge PR and advertising campaign designed to restore Americans' faith in managed care, which had taken a beating in the press for such well-publicized practices as "drive-through mastectomies" and "drive-though deliveries."
Wendell Potter: The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change Wendell Potter 2011
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Your grandchild may be a great kid, but when using plastic for the first time at college, don't underestimate the appeal of pizza parties, midnight snacks at the local drive-through and the siren call of the mall.
Beverly Blair Harzog: 5 Credit Card Traps That Can Ruin Your Retirement Beverly Blair Harzog 2010
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