TIE-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tie-up mean? 

• TIE-UP (noun)
  The noun TIE-UP has 2 senses:

1. a social or business relationship

2. an interruption of normal activity

  Familiarity information: TIE-UP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIE-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A social or business relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

affiliation; association; tie; tie-up

Context example:

many close associations with England

Hypernyms ("tie-up" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An interruption of normal activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

stand; standstill; tie-up

Hypernyms ("tie-up" is a kind of...):

halt; stop (the event of something ending)

Derivation:

tie up (restrain from moving or operating normally)