Definitions for give-up

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give-up give-up

Spelling: [giv-uhp]

IPA: /ˈgɪvˌʌp/

Give-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in give-up (-egipuv).

Definitions for give-up

noun

1. something conceded or relinquished; concession:
2. 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

Examples 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.

But there was no give-up in her expression; determination marked every fine cut line.

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

I guess if I was the give-up kind I'd have been flat on my back.

It began to look dubious for Randall, but there was no give-up in her playing.