What does "car lot" mean?

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What does "car lot" mean?

Question #128219. Asked by aussiesalute.
Last updated Dec 06 2012.
Originally posted Dec 05 2012 6:48 PM.

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A place to buy a car.

car lot
Web definitions

A place where vehicles are sold by an independent dealer.

www.motorera.com/dictionary/ca.htm

Dec 05 2012, 8:16 PM

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The word lot, in this sense means..

'a measured parcel of land having fixed boundaries and designated on a plot or survey'

[Merriam-Webster]

Hence a car lot in The U.S.A. has come to mean a site when cars are parked or sold.

Dec 06 2012, 6:10 AM