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What is "take-up"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
take-up
noun
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▪ Assuming a proportionally similar take-up on university validated courses, there were about 8,500 students on all Dip.HE courses.
▪ He is also concerned about the low take-up of conducting case conferences by telephone.
▪ Nowhere was this clearer than in moralists' take-up of scientific logic and a language of rationality.
▪ The take-up has been disappointing in some respects, with the most highly motivated members attending several courses.
▪ This increased take-up is a result of the in-service training programme aimed directly at teachers.
▪ This was not mentioned and highlights the intricacies of benefit take-up.
▪ To date, however, take-up has been disappointing.
▪ Up to £2 million has been budgeted for the special needs grant but the amount spent will depend on the take-up.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Take-up

Take-up \Take"-up`\, n. (Mach.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

Wiktionary
take-up

n. 1 the act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in 2 (context machinery English) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

WordNet
take-up

  1. n. a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion

  2. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in

Usage examples of "take-up".

At the end of the run the pins declutched so that the take-up roller could lift the plates.

A second control allowed them to spool the fiber up onto the take-up reel at a gear ratio of a thousand.

Tinbane blinked as the ball rolled harmlessly on, into the take-up slot and out of play.