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Takeup

The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.

📖 Definitions of "Takeup"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.

  2. 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. 3

    Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).

    "the take-up of benefits by the unemployed"

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