Other forms: lockups
A lockup is a cell where somebody is held briefly, or the securing of premises. The village lockup.
Many small towns still have the little stone building that served as the lockup. In business, lockup also means money tied up in stock and unpaid invoices.
1nounlockupA cell where somebody is held briefly, or the securing of premises.
“The old lockup on the green is now a bus shelter.”
lockup is a place.
Deverbal from lock up.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA