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take-up en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from take up.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
2. (countable, qualifier:machinery, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.); uptake.
   • the take-up of benefits by the unemployed
   • Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O'Shea said any deals done with big tech companies or relating to data centres should not be behind closed doors. "We need sustainable, discerning take-up of frontier technologies," she said. 2026 July 17, Zac de Silva, Jacob Shteyman and Tess Ikonomou, “New rules for AI as critics lash 'energy vampires'”, in MSN:
   • 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. 2023 July 26, Jim Steer, “Where rail can win modal shift”, in RAIL, number 988, page 40:

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