What does tie-up mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. affiliation, association, tie, tie-upnoun

    a social or business relationship

    "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

  2. stand, standstill, tie-upverb

    an interruption of normal activity

  3. tie down, tie up, bind, trussverb

    secure with or as if with ropes

    "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

  4. tie upverb

    invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes

    "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"

  5. tie upverb

    restrain from moving or operating normally

    "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"

  6. moor, berth, tie upverb

    secure in or as if in a berth or dock

    "tie up the boat"

  7. tie up, bind offverb

    finish the last row

Wiktionary

  1. tie-upnoun

    A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity

ChatGPT

  1. tie-up

    A tie-up generally refers to a situation in which something is linked, connected, or associated with another thing. It can also refer to an agreement or joint venture between individuals, businesses, or corporations for mutual benefits. However, in a different context, it could mean a traffic jam, congested situation, or obstruction. The definition largely depends on the context in which it is used.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tie-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tie-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tie-up in a Sentence

  1. Michael Zeldin:

    That will send him down a path that for the next few years that would tie up his presidency in ways that are not in his best interests legally or politically.

  2. Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius:

    The full scale deployment would tie up a lot of capital with some uncertainties around the earnings potential, at this juncture we said to be the first one, does not make sense.

  3. Charles Lew:

    We are working on another German supply agreement which we expect to tie up this year.

  4. Tobias Levkovich:

    It's a little bit optimistic to believe that you can define the moves in stocks purely on the basis on stock buyback activity, it's too neat a package to tie up and tie a little bow around of and say 'perfect.' I wish it were that easy.

  5. Kevin Moody:

    If they want to have this debate, have it in a political arena, don’t enact ordinances that are blatantly unlawful, tie up local townships, expose them to liability, and tie up companies.

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