tie-up
- A temporary interruption or cessation of a normal activity.
- The act of tying up (or immobilizing) a capital.
- The connection of a loom's treadles to its shafts, used in combination with the threading and treadling to create a pattern.
Etymology
Deverbal from tie up.
joint business
link-up
roller bandage
falling into arrears
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