Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A temporary immobilization, as of traffic, work, or mechanical operation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strike among street-car or railway men, or others, in which the horses are tied up or traffic is otherwise suspended.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A temporary
interruption orcessation of a normal activity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a social or business relationship
- noun an interruption of normal activity
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tie-up.
Examples
-
Greece's central bank called the tie-up a "milestone" in the process of reorganizing the country's financial system.
-
DQ Entertainment in French tie-up to 'reboot' Robin Hood DQ Entertainment is teaming up with French studio Method Animation to produce a 3D Robin Hood television series aimed at children Smarte work goes Morgan Sindall's way These are tough times for the building industry, but Morgan Sindall has some cheer having landed a slice of £500 million in construction...
-
DQ Entertainment in French tie-up to 'reboot' Robin Hood DQ Entertainment is teaming up with French studio Method Animation to produce a 3D Robin Hood television series aimed at children
-
DQ Entertainment in French tie-up to 'reboot' Robin Hood DQ Entertainment is teaming up with French studio Method Animation to produce a 3D Robin Hood television series aimed at children Smarte work goes Morgan Sindall's way These are tough times for the building industry, but Morgan Sindall has some cheer having landed a slice of £500 million in construction...
-
DQ Entertainment in French tie-up to 'reboot' Robin Hood DQ Entertainment is teaming up with French studio Method Animation to produce a 3D Robin Hood television series aimed at children Smarte work goes Morgan Sindall's way These are tough times for the building industry, but Morgan Sindall has some cheer having landed a slice of £500 million in construction...
-
The tie-up, which was flagged by executives from both banks early last year, will see the two sides initially invest 3.5 billion yuan $534 million in the joint venture.
-
Lawmakers appear determined to ensure that such a tie-up won't happen in the future, as another bill presented to the committee seeks to require KDB Financial to seek parliamentary approval for any plan to take control of another financial company.
-
Instead, a month-long battle between BP and its partners in TNK was fought in boardrooms and courts across Europe over whether or not the Rosneft tie-up violated the TNK-BP shareholder agreement.
-
Schaeffler has since said that its eventual aim is a merger with Continental, but the companies' heavy debt loads and disagreements over how to pursue a tie-up have put such plans on hold.
-
These people say Goldman bankers were helping Sprint draw up different combinations, including a potential tie-up with T-Mobile.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.