make-ready
Americannoun
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Printing. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
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the act or process of making something ready for use.
a charge for make-ready on the new car.
noun
Etymology
Origin of make-ready
First recorded in 1820–30; noun use of verb phrase make ready
Example Sentences
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“I can’t recall any large project or make-ready that we’ve done on a new vacation rental owner this year.”
From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023
Plates, linotype, lock-up, make-ready, will cost as much for one magazine as for one thousand.
From The Blue Birds' Winter Nest by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
Without the typesetter, the make-ready man, and the sturdy lads who pulled the lever, Luther's voice would not have reached across the campus.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Hubbard, Elbert
If your ad does not show up well in the first few impressions run off, the press grinds on just the same, with little or no make-ready.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
It’s one thing to prefer a pleasing, perhaps highly artistic pen technique and quite another to apply it to fast presses, poor ink and hurried make-ready.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
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