Meaning of tie-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity.
2. The act of tying up (or immobilizing) a capital.
3. The connection of a loom's treadles to its shafts, used in combination with the threading and treadling to create a pattern.

Examples

“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.”

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

“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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