The act of arriving (reaching a certain place). / The fact of reaching a particular point in time. / The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.

(of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital. / Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police. / (slang) Of a new item: received broken.

A person who is arriving or has just arrived.

(business, of an item) Upon receipt, damaged or defective to the point of being unusable.

The time when an airplane, etc, is scheduled to arrive.

plural of arrival

(obsolete) Arrival

(travel, UK, Ireland) A package holiday price that includes hotel accommodation, with the passenger not being advised of the hotel's name or location until arrival at the resort.

(travel, hotel) A hotel reservation that is either pre-paid or confirmed to a credit card, and will be honoured regardless of how late the guest checks in.

A simplified method of issuing visa (a permit to enter and leave a country) on arrival, as an alternative to a complete visa-free entry.