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start·up

or start-up (stärt′ŭp′)

1. The act or process of setting into operation or motion.

2. A business or undertaking that has recently begun operation: grew from a tiny startup to a large corporation.

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start′-up`

or start′up`,

1. the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.

2. a new business or other enterprise that is being established.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to the beginning of a new project or venture, esp. to the investment made for it.

[1550–60]

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start-up

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noun

The act of founding or establishing:

constitution, creation, establishment, foundation, institution, organization, origination.

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start-up

[ˈstɑːtʌp] ADJ [costs, loan] → de puesta en marcha

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start-up

n (of machine, new business) → Start m, (Comput also) → Hochfahren nt; 100 new start-ups a week (= new businesses) → 100 Neugründungen pro Woche; start-up costs (of business, project) → Startkosten pl; Start-Up scheme (Brit) Existenzgründungsprogramm für Arbeitslose

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