take-up
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take-up
(tāk′ŭp′)n.
1. The act of taking or tightening up.
2. A device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion, as one in a loom.
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| Noun | 1. |  take-up - any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom); "a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool"device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| 2. | take-up - the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in tightening - the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls" |
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take-up
[ˈteɪkʌp] N (Brit) this benefit has a low take-up rate → muy poca gente reclama esta prestaciónthere was an enthusiastic public take-up of shares in privatized companies → hubo muchísima demanda para comprar acciones en las empresas privatizadas
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take-up
n (esp Brit)
→ Inanspruchnahme f; there is a very low take-up of housing benefit → nur wenige nehmen Wohngeld in Anspruch
(Tech, of tape etc) → Aufwickeln nt, → Aufspulen nt; the rate of take-up → die Aufwickel- or Aufspulgeschwindigkeit; take-up spool → Aufwickelspule f
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