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start-up

[stahrt-uhp]
–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, esp. to an investment made to initiate such a project, as in a commercial or industrial enterprise: high start-up costs.
Also, startup.


Origin:
1550–60; n. use of v. phrase start up
start-up or start·up   (stärt'ŭp')
n.  
  1. The act or process of setting into operation or motion.
  2. A business or an undertaking that has recently begun operation: grew from a tiny start-up to a multimillion-dollar corporation.
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