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Definition of tie-up noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tie-up

noun
 
/ˈtaɪ ʌp/
 
/ˈtaɪ ʌp/
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  1. tie-up (with somebody/something) (British English) an agreement between two companies to join together
    • They're negotiating a tie-up with Ford.
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  2. tie-up (between A and B) (British English) a connection between two or more things
    • a tie-up between politics and economics
  3. (especially North American English) a situation in which something stops working or moving forward
    • a traffic tie-up
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