Definition of "liftings" [liftings]

• Plural form of lifting. (noun)

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• ""Oh, no," said Louis; "come and show me some more cat's cradles; I know two more 'liftings' already than any boy in the school."
• "The firm said in a statement that the quarterly result was mainly affected by a 33% increase in the average prices for liquids measured in Norwegian crowns, a 20% increase in average gas prices, and a 12% decrease in liftings, when compared with the same period last year."
• "In the second quarter, the container shipper's total liftings rose 6.5% to 1.26 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, from 1.18 million TEUs a year earlier, but revenue from its shipping division rose only 1.4% to US$1.41 billion from US$1.39 billion, reflecting lower freight rates."