Lift

Elevator.

I've been speaking with several people recently about the differences between UK English and USA English. They're different in just enough ways to get you into trouble if you use the wrong words.

The odd things is, even with the different accents, in the UK, people don't usually think "They MUST mean something else. I'll bet there's a different word for that in the US." - They think Americans actually meant whatever strange thing they said. (I think that outside of large cities, the same may be true here. But in the UK it seems to be true everywhere!)