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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. set ups: Collins English Dictionary
  2. set-ups: Wordnik
  3. set-ups: Wiktionary
  4. set-ups, set ups: Dictionary.com
  5. set-ups: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See set_up as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (set up)

verb:  (transitive) To ready for use.
verb:  (transitive) To arrange logically.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to happen.
verb:  (transitive) To trap or ensnare.
verb:  (transitive) To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
verb:  (intransitive) To ready something for use.
verb:  (intransitive) To gel or harden.
verb:  (intransitive) To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
verb:  (transitive) To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
verb:  (transitive) To establish someone in a business or position.
verb:  (informal, transitive, criminology) To trick or lure (someone) in order to entrap them.
verb:  (transitive) To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
verb:  (transitive) To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
verb:  (sports, transitive) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
verb:  (dated, intransitive) To begin business or a scheme of life.
verb:  To profess openly; to make pretensions.
verb:  (transitive) To found; to start (a business, scheme)
verb:  (boxing) To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
verb:  To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
verb:  (obsolete, printing) Synonym of compose (To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset)
adjective:  In a position to function; ready.
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