Definition of "take-up" []

• The act of taking or tightening up. (noun)
• A device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion, as one in a loom. (noun)

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• "Mr Hayward said that surpluses from Welsh domain name take-up would be reinvested into projects in Wales."
• "But the take-up rate for flood cover and business interruption by Thai companies is relatively low compared with more developed markets, Marsh's Mr. Buchanan said."
• "She implied that it was generally felt that – without the lab drills – there would have been a slim chance of take-up by the profession: it was a way of sugaring the notional-functional pill, perhaps."