I am looking for a word for "position" on gas station, or on car wash, when you can say "I have washed my car on 2nd --position--" or when you say on gas station "I have get fuel from 2nd --position--". I think "position" is not the best word.
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3For the gas station, you could say 2nd pump, and for the car wash, the 2nd bay. Do you need the same word for both situations?– Peter ShorCommented Feb 13, 2015 at 9:53
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In my native language its the same word, but my target was car wash, self-sercice with jet operated specifically. Thank you then– vul6Commented Feb 13, 2015 at 9:57
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The word used for identifying pump positions in a gas station
- Pump. e.g., pump 1, pump 2, etc
- Island. e.g., Front-Left island, Front-Middle island; island A, island B.
The word used in a car washing facility is lane. e.g., lane A, lane B.
The word lane is also used for
- bowling alleys
- toll collection gates
I used to work at a petrol station (so I know this one) (us Brits use 'petrol' instead of 'gas' which as the fuel is generally considered a liquid...) and we use 'pump 2' or 'pump number 2'. (we only had 1 car wash and that was pre-paid). Often the customer would come in and drop reference to 'pump' what-so-ever, and would just say '2', or 'number 2'.
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Jon is right that Irish and Brits fill up at a petrol station, and always call gasoline 'petrol' and never 'gas'. The reason for the word "gas" in "gasoline" is another question: english.stackexchange.com/a/39779/36727– QsigmaCommented Feb 13, 2015 at 18:01