TAKE-UP Definition & Meaning

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take-up

[ teyk-uhp ]

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noun

the act of taking up.
Machinery.
1. uptake ( def 3 ).
2. any of various devices for taking up slack, winding in, or compensating for the looseness of parts due to wear.
the contraction of fabric resulting from the wet operations in the finishing process, especially fulling.

take up

verb

to adopt the study, practice, or activity of
to take up gardening
to occupy and break in (uncultivated land)
he took up some hundreds of acres in the back country
to shorten (a garment or part of a garment)
she took all her skirts up three inches
to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc)
to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc)
to pursue further or resume (something)
he took up French where he left off
to absorb (a liquid)
to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to
to occupy or fill (space or time)
to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize
take up on
1. to argue or dispute with (someone)
  can I take you up on two points in your talk?
2. to accept what is offered by (someone)
  let me take you up on your invitation
take up with
1. to discuss with (someone); refer to
  to take up a fault with the manufacturers
2. intr to begin to keep company or associate with

noun

1. the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
2. ( as modifier )
  take-up rate
machinery the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
modifier denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of take-up¹

First recorded in 1815–25; noun use of verb phrase take up

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Now it provides power for around 15,000 people in the local area but the project hasn't been able to make ends meet because of slow take-up from the community.

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This week, though, it opened hearings into the vaccine rollout across the UK, from take-up of the jabs, to their safety, to the way they were marketed to the public.

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Areas hit by the fires rank as some of the places with highest take-up, according to data from the programme, which was already warning of risks to its financial stability.

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The government says it has been working to boost take-up and eligible claims can be backdated.

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The annual figures are rounded to the nearest 50,000 and do not take into account any increase in the take-up of pension credit.

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