Définition take-up | dictionnaire d’Anglais Cobuild pour apprenants

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take-up  

  
Take-up is the rate at which people apply for or buy something which is offered, for example financial help from the government or shares in a company.  
  (mainly BRIT)      n-uncount   usu with supp, oft N of n  
...a major campaign to increase the take-up of welfare benefits.     
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take up  
1    adopt, assume, become involved in, engage in, start  
2    begin again, carry on, continue, follow on, go on, pick up, proceed, recommence, restart, resume  
3    absorb, consume, cover, extend over, fill, occupy, use up  

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take up, take up on, take up with, take

Dictionnaire Collaboratif     Anglais pour Apprenants
exp.
go out in the street to protest
exp.
go for something, take one's chances
exp.
I can't understand it, I can't believe it, I can't accept it
adj.
perceived visually
E.g. How much of the info taken in by the eye do we memorize? (meaning: How much of what we see do we remember?)
exp.
to take OR bring somebody down a notch means to make them behave less arrogantly or proudly.
exp.
to take OR turn OR bring something down a notch means to decrease its intensity
n.
[child] to be sent to a care organization run by the social services, or to be looked after by foster parents
n.
this expression means 'he is very good at criticizing others but he can't accept criticism from others'
n.
the process of taking away an amount from a total, or the amount that is taken away
When I went shopping with my mother, our shopping bill was deducted 10% because we used our M-card.
n.
free time spent taking care also of work-related tasks
formed based on "work" and "leisure"
n.
new trend in computing to take into account the environmental aspect when designing IT systems.
exp.
get drunk or take drugs; get high
exp.
take credit for another person's accomplishment
exp.
do not take into account, disregard, ignore on purpose, avoid, dismiss
E.g: His boss asked him for a report, but he gave it the go-by.
exp.
take an action that will complicate things; do something with a negative impact

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