Tie-up

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    an interruption of normal activity wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of tying up (or immobilizing) a capital.

    "Goods values increase as businesses limit their stocks in order to reduce capital tie-up."

  4. 4
    a social or business relationship wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

Synonyms

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additionaffiliationafterthoughtagglomerationagglutinationaggregation

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"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."

Etymology

Deverbal from tie up.

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