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TIE-UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tie-up mean?

• TIE-UP (noun)
The noun TIE-UP has 2 senses:

1. a social or business relationship
2. an interruption of normal activity

Familiarity information: TIE-UP used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TIE-UP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A social or business relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

affiliation; tie-up; tie; association

Context examples:

a valuable financial affiliation / he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team / many close associations with England

Hypernyms ("tie-up" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An interruption of normal activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

standstill; tie-up; stand

Hypernyms ("tie-up" is a kind of...):

halt; stop (the event of something ending)

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