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tie-ups

tie-ups is the plural of tie-up.

Meaning of tie-up

Noun

tie-up (plural tie-ups)

  1. A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity.
    • The tie-up hit at the height of the wheat harvest and trade spokesmen said any delays in moving the grain to storage could be disastrous.1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3
  2. The act of tying up (or immobilizing) a capital.
    • Goods values increase as businesses limit their stocks in order to reduce capital tie-up.
  3. The connection of a loom's treadles to its shafts, used in combination with the threading and treadling to create a pattern.
    • Fancy tie-ups and treadlings can be designed that weave the ordinary symmetrical point twill like an 8-pointed star or some other motif.1991, Carol Strickler, editor, A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, Interweave Press, →ISBN, page 26

Questions about tie-ups

What is tie-ups the plural of?
Tie-ups is the plural of tie-up.

Words near tie-ups in the dictionary

  1. tie-in
  2. tie-ins
  3. tie-out
  4. tie-outs
  5. tie-up
  6. tie-ups
  7. tieable
  8. tieback
  9. tieback wall
  10. tieback walls
  11. tiebacks

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