Definitions for drive-thru
drive-thru

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1. drive-thrunoun

   An establishment, such as a fast-food restaurant or bank, where clients may drive up to a window and conduct exchanges while remaining in their automobiles.

2. drive-thrunoun

   The location at such an establishment, where clients conduct their business from their vehicles.

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1. drive-thru

   A drive-through or drive-thru (a sensational spelling of the word through), is a type of take-out service provided by a business that allows customers to purchase products without leaving their cars. The format was pioneered in the United States in the 1930s, and has since spread to other countries. Hillcrest State Bank, Dallas, Texas, installed the first drive-through banking system in America. It was a George Dahl designed building, constructed in the 1920s, across from SMU. The second recorded use of a bank using a drive-up window teller was the Grand National Bank of St. Louis, Missouri in 1930. The drive-up teller allowed only deposits at that time.Orders are generally placed using a microphone and picked up in person at the window. A drive-through is different from a drive-in in several ways - the cars create a line and move in one direction in drive-throughs, and normally do not park, whereas drive-ins allow cars to park next to each other, the food is generally brought to the window by a server, called a carhop, and the customer can remain in the parked car to eat. However, during peak periods, to keep the queue down and avoid traffic flow problems, drive-throughs occasionally switch to an "order at the window, then park in a designated space" model where the customer will receive their food from an attendant when it is ready to be served. This results in a perceived relationship between the two service models. Drive-throughs have generally replaced drive-ins in popular culture, and are now found in the vast majority of modern American fast-food chains. Sometimes, a store with a drive-through is referred to as a "drive-through", or the term is attached to the service, such as, "drive-through restaurant". or "drive-through bank". Drive-throughs typically have signs over the drive-through lanes to show customers which lanes are open for business. The types of signage used is usually illuminated so the "open" message can be changed to a "closed" message when the lane is not available.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drive-thru in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drive-thru in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of drive-thru in a Sentence

1. John Cywinski:

   Applebee's was not really part of that consideration set, if you didn't have 1.5 hours to dine-in and you were on the go... you're probably thinking about McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King, and maybe a burger, fries and a Pepsi through a drive-thru window.

2. Taco Bell:

   For decades we've been committed to providing a fast, safe and friendly drive-thru experience, now with our bold goal of creating a two minute or less drive-thru experience for customers of this concept, Taco Bell Defy is the future.

3. Mari Agredano-Quirino:

   Finally, a few blocks down, we see him pulling into the (drive-thru) of a burger place.

4. Leo Fante:

   We didnt have a drive-thru and we really didnt have curbside or any of that. We just closed, i dont want to lay my people off, we want to keep them employed.

5. Ju Washington:

   When she does n’t comply, he proceeds to rip the register from her station before escaping back through the drive-thru window. After climbing through the drive-thru, the masked gunman escaped with a cash register. ( DeKalb County Police Department) THE ONE MCDONALD'S ITEM YOU SHOULD NEVER ORDER, ACCORDING TO AN EX-EMPLOYEE Customers waiting in line inside the McDonald’s reportedly fled the restaurant, as did a car waiting for their order outside. I hope they get him.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drive-Thru
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-Thru