See Also: START(dictionary)
start-up(dictionary)
start(1)(dictionary)
START(dictionary)
Start up(finance)
Start-Up(money)
start(medicine)
Start-Up Capital(money)
Start Rate(money)
start codon(medicine)

start-up (iou)



start-up noun & adjective. Also startup. E16.
[from start up s.v. START verb.]
A. noun.
Orig., a kind of boot. Later, a kind of gaiter or legging. Usu. in pl. Cf. STAND-UP noun 1a. obsolete exc. dial. & Hist. E16.
An upstart; a parvenu. Long obsolete exc. dial. L16.
The action or an instance of starting up; esp. the starting up of a series of operations, a piece of machinery, a business, etc. Also, a business etc. that is starting up. M19.
b. adjective.
Newly arisen; suddenly; upstart, parvenu. Freq. with adverbs. M16-E19.
That is starting up; of or pertaining to starting up. M20.