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English-Thai Dictionary

take-up

N การ เริ่ม งาน การคบ หา การ ปรับ การติด ตามเรื่อง การ ดูด น้ำ

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAKE-UP

TAKE-UP Take "-up `, n. (Mach. )

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

take-up

take-up |ˈteɪ ˌkəp | ▶noun 1 a device for taking up slack or excess: [ as modifier ] : a take-up reel. 2 the action of taking something up: automatic bobbin thread take-up. 3 chiefly Brit. the acceptance of something offered: practices that discourage take-up of legal advice.

Oxford Dictionary

take-up

take-up ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Brit. 1 the acceptance of something offered: education is aiding the take-up of birth control. 2 Stock Exchange the action of paying in full for securities originally bought on margin.