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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