give-up
[giv-uhp]
- something conceded or relinquished; concession: Labor has balked at any more give-ups in the contract talks.
- Stock Exchange.
- a commission shared among two or more stockbrokers.
- a part of a commission that constitutes a single such share.
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Origin of give-up
First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase give up
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Examples from the Web for give-up
Historical Examples
I guess if I was the give-up kind I'd have been flat on my back.
Jane Journeys OnRuth Comfort Mitchell
It began to look dubious for Randall, but there was no give-up in her playing.
A Quarter-Back's PluckLester Chadwick
But there was no give-up in her expression; determination marked every fine cut line.
The Ranch Girls at Rainbow LodgeMargaret Vandercook
Rather, it was that dogged courage that never even permits a suggestion of give-up to enter the mind of the fighter.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the SeaJanet Aldridge
Here the give-up, the negation of the lower passions, synchronizes with a take-up, the assertion of a beatitude.
Autobiography of a YOGIParamhansa Yogananda