elevator UK US /ˈelɪveɪtər/ noun [C]
► US (UK lift) WORKPLACE a small room in a tall building which carries people or goods up and down to different levels of the building: »
I took the elevator to her office on the fourteenth floor.
► a moving strip which can be used for taking goods off a ship, putting bags onto an aircraft, etc.: »
They place the bales onto an elevator that transports them to a shredding mill.
Financial and business terms. 2012.