arrival

arrival
arrival UK US /əˈraɪvəl/ noun
[C or U] the act of coming to a place: »

Two hours after the arrival of 500,000 newspapers, they are sorted into bundles for 2,000 newsagents.

[C] a person or thing that comes to a place: »

For the month of July, the airport ranked 27th among 32 nationally in on-time arrivals.

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An older student was chosen to show the new arrivals around.

[S] WORKPLACE an occasion when someone starts a new job: »

With the arrival of a new chief executive in July, there will be a refocusing of the business into a more cohesive unit.

[S] MARKETING the introduction of something new such as a product or service: »

With moves towards the Internet-on-TV model and the arrival of universal broadband access, things are changing.

arrivals — Cf. arrivals

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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