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driveaway

driveaway noun: sale price including all dealer fees, and all legally required fees such as registration and insurance.

Noun

driveaway (countable and uncountable, plural driveaways)

  1. (Australia, vehicle sales) Sale price including all dealer fees, and all legally required fees such as registration and insurance.
    • MG sells Australia's least-expensive EV, the MG ZS with a 263km (WLTP) range and drive-away price from $44,990, as well as the MG HS PHEV.2021 December, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 49, column 1
  2. (Canada, US) A variation of car rental in which the driver contracts to deliver the vehicle to a specified location.

Forms of driveaway

pluraldriveaways

Origin of driveaway

From drive + away.

Questions about driveaway

What does driveaway mean?
Driveaway means sale price including all dealer fees, and all legally required fees such as registration and insurance.
What part of speech is driveaway?
Driveaway is a noun.
What is the plural of driveaway?
The plural of driveaway is driveaways.

Words near driveaway in the dictionary

  1. drive-time
  2. drive-volley
  3. drive-volleys
  4. driveability
  5. driveable
  6. driveaway
  7. driveaways
  8. drivebelt
  9. drivebelts
  10. drivebolt
  11. drivebolts

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