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parking
park·ing P0074750 (pär′kĭng)n.1. The act or practice of temporarily leaving a vehicle or maneuvering a vehicle into a certain location.2. Space in which to park vehicles or a vehicle: ample parking behind the building.3. Slang Kissing or caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.parking (ˈpɑːkɪŋ) n1. (Automotive Engineering) a. the action of moving a vehicle into a place in a car park or by the side of the road where it can be leftb. (as modifier): a parking permit. 2. (Automotive Engineering) (as modifier): a parking permit. parking car park">car parkDon't use the word 'parking' to refer to a place where cars are parked. Instead, say car park in British English and parking lot in American English. We parked in the car park next to the theatre.The high school parking lot was filled with cars.A building with several levels for parking cars is called a parking garage in American English, and a multi-storey car park in British English. Parking is used only to refer to the action of parking your car, or to the state of being parked. Parking in the city centre is very difficult.He put a 'No Parking' sign on the gates.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  parking - space in which vehicles can be parked; "there is plenty of parking behind the store"elbow room, room, way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" | | 2. | parking - the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarilytactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre - a move made to gain a tactical end |
Translations| Parking EN-UKEN-GB-P0010850 EN-USEN-US-P0010850 | → 停车 ZH-CNZH-CN-P0010850 |
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park the busIn football (soccer), to employ all (or nearly all) of a team's active players in defending its own side of the pitch. Protecting a narrow one-point lead, it looks like the home team has parked the bus for the remaining minutes of the match.See also: bus, parkpark (someone or something) inTo park one's car in front of someone or someone's vehicle, thus preventing them from leaving their own parking space. If you hadn't parked me in, I wouldn't have had to push your car out of the way with mine, so really the damage is your own fault! Some idiot parked in a massive delivery truck on the small side street, so now no one can pass through.See also: parkpark it1. To sit down and stop moving. Often used as an imperative. We've been hiking for a while now. Why don't we park it and have a bit to eat, shall we? I want you to park it in this chair and sit still until I'm done!2. To stop arguing about the matter at hand; to leave some issue alone. Often used as an imperative. OK, guys, that's enough arguing. Let's just park it for a while, all right? Tommy, Sarah, park it! I've had enough of your bickering.See also: parkpark the pink Plymouth (in the garage of love)vulgar slang Of a male, to have sexual intercourse (with someone, especially a woman). In this usage, "pink Plymouth" is a vulgar slang term for the penis. A Plymouth was a brand of car. I got the feeling during the date that the only thing he was interested in was parking the pink Plymouth. Nearly every boy in high school is preoccupied with trying to park the pink Plymouth in the garage of love.See also: of, park, pink, Plymouthpark it (somewhere)Inf. sit down somewhere; sit down and get out of the way. Hey, park it! You're in the way. Richard, park it over there in the corner. Stop pacing around. You make me nervous.See also: parkpark it verbSee park it somewhereSee also: parkEncyclopediaSeeParkParking
ParkingPutting money into safe investments such as money market investments while deciding where to invest the money.Parking1. The act or practice of investing in low risk and/or highly liquid securities while one decides where to invest in the medium and long term. For example, one may park one's money in a Treasury bond, or even a savings account, while one makes these decisions.
2. The act of illegally holding or financing stock on behalf of another party with the intent to conceal that party's ownership. Parking occurs when an investor would otherwise own more that 5% of shares outstanding, which would require him/her to register certain information with the SEC. Parking is a method a corporate raider uses when he/she wishes to conceal his/her intent to acquire a company. The raider therefore enlists another's help in doing so by asking him/her to hold or finance a certain amount of stock. See also: Williams Act.parking1. Placing idle funds in a safe, short-term investment while awaiting the availability of other investment opportunities. Many investors end up parking proceeds from a security sale in a money market account while searching for other securities to purchase.2. Transferring stock positions to another party so that true ownership of the stock will be hidden. For example, an investor involved in the takeover of a company may park securities of the company with other investors so that the management of the target company will not know the extent of the investor's stock ownership. Parking for this purpose is generally illegal.See PKNG
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Words related to parkingnoun space in which vehicles can be parkedRelated Wordsnoun the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarilyRelated Words- tactical maneuver
- tactical manoeuvre
- maneuver
- manoeuvre
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