drop-off

See also: dropoff and drop off

English

Noun

drop-off (plural drop-offs)

1. A sudden downward slope
2. (specifically) The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
3. A sudden decrease (such as in the level of sales)
4. (especially US) A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.

Synonyms

• (space for passenger alighting): set-down, setting-down

Related terms

• drop off

Translations

sudden downward slope

• Alemannic German: Felli f
• Finnish: pudotus (fi)
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• Galician: caída (gl) f, noiro m, terraplén m

sudden decrease

• Finnish: pudotus (fi)
• German: Abnahme (de) f, Minderung (de) f, Rückgang (de) m
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• Turkish: azalma (tr), gerileme (tr)