Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Build; bearing; carriage.
- n. In metallurgy, the steam-ram of the squeezer, which operates on the ball of iron from the puddling-furnace. It serves to upset or condense the bloom longitudinally after it has been lengthened by the action of the squeezer.
- n. In baking, one of the wooden scantlings placed like a frame around the loaves in the oven to hold them in position.
- n. A favorable arrangement of the balls in billiards, croquet, etc., especially when left so by one player for the next.
- n. A treat.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of setup.
Examples
“But while the Blue Course looks more daunting than ever, it will be a set-up familiar to many Americans on the PGA Tour, where dozens of courses have gone under the Open Doctor's knife.”
“Mr. Smith said he frequently cooked in that temporary set-up for about seven years, before eventually installing a new kitchen with his wife, Charlotte.”
“France 24 said it didn't rule out that it was the victim of a set-up.”
The Wall Street Journal: Syrian Ambassador's Identity 'Usurped'
“This changed recently, however, when HDTV came along and one of the options you can select during set-up is alternative captioning services.”
“He will be working with the scouting set-up and also on transfers.”
The Guardian: Rangers appoint Gordon Smith as their new director of football
“Why does the storyline function as a handbook for aspiring Green Lanterns they're the elite guardians of the universe and a set-up for a sequel, but not as a coherent adventure with appealing characters?”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Buck': Champion Tale of a Horse Guru
“Interstellar Signals" had more gravitas, with Mr. Colley playing arco bass and Mr. Rogers extracting theremin-like sounds from his floorboard electronics set-up.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Sound Way Down in the Underground
“In late May, both Obama and Vice President Biden sent out e-mails about Sotomayor to their supporters using the e-mail list of Organizing for America, an organization affiliated with the Democratic National Committee that was set-up to continue the grassroots work of the millions who supported Obama during the presidential campaign.”
“And you can, without question, make your kid's world very, very good outside of the traditional family set-up.”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan Weiler: A Divorced Couple's Perspective on Raising a Child, Part I
“This was far too good a set-up for Stewart's team, who didn't seem to have any problem digging up plenty of headlines about past economists' sexual deviances.”
The Huffington Post: Jon Stewart Debunks Ben Stein's Defense Of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (VIDEO)
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘set-up’.
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Open List: There's A Fee For That!
List of fees, tolls, surcharges - stupid, disingenuous, predatory, or otherwise - that are levied by governments, banks, phone companies and businesses against citizens, customers, and consumers.
overdraft, connection, reconnection, deconnection, restocking, late, impact, cancellation, universal default, overuse, usage, transfer-balance and 143 more...
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set phrases/compounds
how set is used
set book, set text, a set purpose, in good set terms, set-apart, set battle, set board, set bowl, set changes, set cloth, set copper, set dance and 64 more...
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Financial Terms
As if a down economy weren't bad enough, the terms thrown around the industry can really leave you out in the cold. Some common industry terms to warm you up.
annuitant, contract value, death benefit, determination bas..., gawa, set-up, ira, rebalance, rmd, recapture charge, eia, market value adju... and 16 more...
Tweets
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ecbrenner An optional account feature that allows for the contact's guaranteed withdrawal balance to increase to a higher guaranteed minimum balance value on a specific date. Apr 14, 2009