precinct pre‧cinct [ˈpriːsɪŋkt] noun [countable]
1. an area of a city with many different shops, where cars are not allowed:
• The hotel is within five minutes of the main shopping precinct.
2. an area in a city with its own local government, police force etc:
• working-class black precincts
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precinct UK US /ˈpriːsɪŋkt/ noun [C]
► UK an area of a town or city where there are a lot of shops, and where traffic is not allowed: »
a shopping/pedestrian precinct
► US POLITICS a division of a city or a town, especially an area protected by a particular group of police or a division used for voting purposes: »
The voter turnout in the precinct was low compared to the rest of the county.
»a precinct captain/commander
»precinct caucuses/voters
Financial and business terms. 2012.