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tie-up Definition

tie·-up (up′)

noun

  1. ☆ a temporary stoppage or interruption of work, production, traffic, service, etc.
    1. ☆ a place for mooring a boat
    2. Dialectal a place for tying up cattle at night
  2. connection, relation, or involvement

tie up Synonyms

tie up

v.

  1. To fasten

    wrap, package, secure; see close 4, enclose 1.

  2. To obstruct

    hinder, stop, delay; see hinder.

tie-up Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • announce: Norwich City have announced a two-year tie-up with low cost airline Flybe to be the new club sponsors.
  • have: We have tie-ups with a number of reputed lenders who may offer you loans keeping in mind your specific need.
  • enforce: It is of great importance to understand that there is money in the EU budget to compensate fishermen for enforced tie-ups.
  • say: Its target market will be mainly university towns and Grant said the tie-up effectively triples the size of his operation.
  • compensate: We need to make more use of technical conservation measures and compensated tie-ups with less emphasis on the wholesale destruction of our fishing boats.
  • avoid: Road Segment and Area Avoidance Would you like to avoid traffic tie-ups or roadwork?

Preposition: with

  • company: A tie-up with a biotech company will also see the researchers trying to get rabbit clones to produce pharmaceutically useful proteins in their milk.
  • airline: Norwich City have announced a two-year tie-up with low cost airline Flybe to be the new club sponsors.
  • partner: DaimlerChrysler has some close operational tie-ups with the Japanese partner like joint development of engines and vehicle platform sharing.

Adjective modifier

  • exclusive: Where are exclusive tie-ups with mobile phone and technology companies heading?
  • commercial: Comment: consumers: building a better world through brands Claims about the power of commercial tie-ups with charities grow ever more extravagant.
  • international: Rink's decision to join the consultant comes despite his former practice's famed resistance to pursuing a major international tie-up.
  • successful: The move follows Disney's highly successful tie-up with iTunes in October.
  • recent: With recent tie-ups in Singapore and China, plus healthy enrollment numbers, IU is a prominent international player.
  • close: DaimlerChrysler has some close operational tie-ups with the Japanese partner like joint development of engines and vehicle platform sharing.

Modifies a noun

  • scheme: In March 2001, he engineered the first defeat of the Labor Lib Dem Executive, over the issue of a fishing tie-up scheme.

Noun used with modifier

  • traffic: I'd rent a car and drive, even given the strong possibility of traffic tie-ups.

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