drive-up

Service without parking

Drive-up describes a facility designed so customers can conduct business from their cars: a drive-up window, drive-up ATM, drive-up pharmacy.

The term emphasizes convenience—you pull up, complete your transaction, and leave without parking or entering a building.

As a noun, it refers to such a facility: Use the drive-up if you're in a hurry.

service

window

Glass-fitted wall opening

coffee · pickup · convenience · curbside · contactless · COVID · pandemic · accessible · quick · efficient

restaurant

window

Glass-fitted wall opening

speaker · menu · board · intercom · lane · meal · bag · payment · convenience · carhop

banking

ATM

Automated banking kiosk

withdrawal · transaction · lane · envelope · tube · pneumatic · canister · receipt · account · check

retail

pickup

Small open-bed truck

  • curbsideAdjacent to the street
  • orderMethodical arrangement or request
  • parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily

spot · app · notification · loading · trunk · groceries · Walmart · designated · contactless · convenient

Categories
Opposites
service location/access method

drive-upwalk-in

Without prior booking

indoor · in-store · dine-in · counter service · sit-down

customer mobility during service

drive-upwalk-in

Without prior booking

walk-up · pedestrian · curbside pickup · delivery

Family

drive, drives, drove, driven, driving, driver, drivers, driveway, driveways

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G