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 or cessation 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

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Examples

  • Greece's central bank called the tie-up a "milestone" in the process of reorganizing the country's financial system.

    The Trouble With Greece's Banks 2011

  • 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...

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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...

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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...

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • 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.

    Santander, CCB to Target Smaller China Towns 2011

  • 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.

    Korean Lawmakers Look to Block FSC Rule Change Se Young Lee 2011

  • 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.

    A Tale of Two Partners Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen 2011

  • 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.

    Schaeffler Cuts Continental Stake to Reduce Debt Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

  • These people say Goldman bankers were helping Sprint draw up different combinations, including a potential tie-up with T-Mobile.

    Goldman Switch Irks Clearwire Directors Anupreeta Das 2011

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