startup
or start-up
[stahrt-uhp]
- the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- a new business venture, or a new commercial or industrial project: a small, 5-month-old Internet startup.
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- of or relating to the beginning of such a venture or project, especially to an investment made to initiate it: high start-up costs for construction of a new facility.
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Origin of startup
First recorded in 1550–60; noun use of verb phrase start up
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- to come or cause to come into being for the first time; originate
- (intr) to spring or jump suddenly from a position or place
- to set in or go into motion, activity, etche started up the engine; the orchestra started up
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- of or relating to input, usually financial, made to establish a new project or businessa start-up mortgage
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- a business enterprise that has been launched recently
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Idioms and Phrases with start up
start up
1
Begin to operate, especially a machine or engine, as in Start up the motor so we can get going. [First half of 1900s]
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2
Move suddenly or begin an activity, as in When the alarm rang I started up. [Early 1200s]
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3
Organize a new enterprise, as in Starting up a business requires considerable capital. [Second half of 1900s]
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