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noun
1.
the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to the beginning of a new project or venture, especially to an investment made to initiate such a project, as in a commercial or industrial enterprise: high start-up costs.
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Start up
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Also, start·up.
Origin:
1550–60; noun use of verb phrase start up
1550–60; noun use of verb phrase start up
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World English Dictionary
| start up | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to come or cause to come into being for the first time; originate |
| 2. | (intr) to spring or jump suddenly from a position or place |
| 3. | to set in or go into motion, activity, etc: he started up the engine; the orchestra started up |
| —adj | |
| 4. | of or relating to input, usually financial, made to establish a new project or business: a start-up mortgage |
| —n | |
| 5. | a business enterprise that has been launched recently |
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
start up
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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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Move suddenly or begin an activity, as in When the alarm rang I started up. [Early 1200s]
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Organize a new enterprise, as in Starting up a business requires considerable capital. [Second half of 1900s]
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