drive-off
n.— «“Sometimes we won’t have a drive-off for two weeks, and then we’ll have four or five of them in a week’s time.” Most drive-offs cost a station between $10 and $20 in gas, and some stations lose as much as $300 to $500 each month,» —“Gas stations can’t cure ‘drive-offs’” by Pam Belluck Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Jan. 5, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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