Tie-up

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tie-up
       n 1: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial
            affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties
            with other members of the team"; "many close
            associations with England" [syn: {affiliation}, {association},
             {tie}]


       2: an interruption of normal activity [syn: {stand}, {standstill}]