startup

or start-up

[ stahrt-uhp ]
/ ˈstɑrtˌʌp /

noun

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.

adjective

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

Words nearby startup

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Words related to startup

association, charity, company, constitution, corporation, creation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, institution, organization, origination, plantation, settlement, society, set-up, trusteeship

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