tie-up

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tie-up

/ˈtaɪˌʌp/

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Deverbal from tie up.

noun tie-ups

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.
The act of tying up (or immobilizing) a capital. Goods values increase as businesses limit their stocks in order to reduce capital tie-up.
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.

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@misc{tie_up_2026,
  title = {tie-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tie-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}