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parking lot vs car park
An outdoor area set aside for parking vehicles.
American
parking lot
“I left the car in the parking lot behind the store.”
British
car park
“I left the car in the car park behind the shop.”
Good to know
"Parking lot" is American and "car park" is British; a multi-storey version is a "parking garage" in the US and a "multi-storey car park" in the UK. Each term is generally understood in the other dialect.
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