walkup
noun
1.
an apartment above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.
2.
a building, especially an apartment house, that has no elevator.
adjective
3.
located above the ground floor in a building that has no elevator.
4.
having no elevator.
5.
accessible to pedestrians from the outside of a building: a walk-up teller's window at a bank.
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Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk up
1915–20, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk up
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| walk-up | |
| —n | |
| informal (US), (Canadian) | |
| a. a block of flats having no lift | |
| b. (as modifier): a walk-up block | |
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