tie-up

Meanings

• a social or business relationship;
• "a valuable financial affiliation"
• "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"
• "many close associations with England"
• an interruption of normal activity
• secure with or as if with ropes;
• "tie down the prisoners"
• "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
• invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes;
• "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"
• restrain from moving or operating normally;
• "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"
• secure in or as if in a berth or dock;
• "tie up the boat"
• finish the last row

Synonyms

• affiliation
• association
• tie
• tie-up
• stand
• standstill
• tie down
• tie up
• bind
• truss
• moor
• berth
• bind off

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