take-up

take-up (tkp)

n.

1. The act of taking or tightening up.

2. A device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion, as one in a loom.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	take-up - any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom); "a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool" device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
	2.	take-up - the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in tightening - the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"

Translations

take-up [ˈteɪkʌp] N (Brit) this benefit has a low take-up rate → muy poca gente reclama esta prestación
there was an enthusiastic public take-up of shares in privatized companies → hubo muchísima demanda para comprar acciones en las empresas privatizadas

take-up

n (esp Brit)

→ Inanspruchnahme f; there is a very low take-up of housing benefit → nur wenige nehmen Wohngeld in Anspruch

(Tech, of tape etc) → Aufwickeln nt, → Aufspulen nt; the rate of take-up → die Aufwickel- or Aufspulgeschwindigkeit; take-up spool → Aufwickelspule f