take-up

See also: takeup and take up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from take up.

Noun

take-up (countable and uncountable, plural take-ups)

1. The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
2. (machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
3. Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).

   the take-up of benefits by the unemployed

   • 2023 July 26, Jim Steer, “Where rail can win modal shift”, in RAIL, number 988, page 40:

     As a first step, Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) funding should be expanded, to ensure a higher take-up of unused freight paths in today's timetable and to help shape a sustainable path for multi-modal UK logistics.

Translations

machinery: that which takes up or tightens

See also

• uptake

Anagrams

• uptake