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give-up

[ giv-uhp ]

/ ˈgɪvˌʌp /

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noun

something conceded or relinquished; concession: Labor has balked at any more give-ups in the contract talks.

Stock Exchange.

a commission shared among two or more stockbrokers.
a part of a commission that constitutes a single such share.

Origin of give-up

First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase give up

Words nearby give-up

give voice to, give way, give way to, give what for, give-and-take, give-up, giveaway, giveback, given, given name, given to

Example sentences from the Web for give-up

Rather, it was that dogged courage that never even permits a suggestion of give-up to enter the mind of the fighter.

The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea |Janet Aldridge
It began to look dubious for Randall, but there was no give-up in her playing.

A Quarter-Back's Pluck |Lester Chadwick
I guess if I was the give-up kind I'd have been flat on my back.

Jane Journeys On |Ruth Comfort Mitchell
But there was no give-up in her expression; determination marked every fine cut line.

The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge |Margaret Vandercook

Here the give-up, the negation of the lower passions, synchronizes with a take-up, the assertion of a beatitude.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda