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lock-up (iou)



lock-up adjective & noun. M18.
[from lock up s.v. LOCK verb1.]
A. adjective. Esp. of a building or room: able to be locked up. M18.
Morecambe Guardian The accommodation provides lock-up shop plus freezer room.
b. noun.
The action or an act of locking something up, esp. a building for the night; the time at which a building is locked up. M19.
b. The action of locking up capital; the unrealizable state of capital that is locked up; an amount of capital locked up. M19.
A place that can be locked up; spec. a building or room for the detention (usually temporary) of offenders. M19.
b. A lock-up garage. E20.