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start-up definition

start·-up (stärt′up′)

noun

  1. a starting or starting up
  2. a new business venture

adjective

of or for a new business venture start-up capital
Also startup start′·up′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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