set up vs setup
Definitions
verb
- put into a proper or systematic order
- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- place
- create by putting components or members together
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
Examples
WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.
So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton.
Definitions
noun
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- the way something is organized or arranged
Examples
They also tell him that he can never leave, since that risks jeopardizing the setup for them all.
Tuesday, January 12 2010 try the Gefen dvi to mini dp converter along with your micro dvi to dvi connecter that came with your air .. i am using this setup and it works …
As competition from Asia increases and shareholders clamour for ever faster growth some regard the inward-looking nature of the family corporate setup as untenable.
