SETUP

{v.} 1. To provide the money for the necessities for. * /When he was twenty-one, his father set him up in the clothing business./ 2. To establish; start. * /The government has set up many hospitals for veterans of the armed forces./ 3. To make ready for use by putting the parts together or into their right place. * /The men set up the new printing press./ 4. To bring into being; cause. * /Ocean tides are set up by the pull between earth and the moon./ 5. To claim; pretend. * /He set himself up to be a graduate of a medical school, but he was not./ 6. To harm someone by entrapment or some other ruse. * /Joe was actually innocent of the robbery, but his "trusted friends" set him up, so the police found the gun in his car./ setup {n. phr.} (stress on "set") 1. Arrangement, management, circumstances. * /Boy, you really have a wonderful setup in your office!/ * /I just can't do my work in such a messy setup!/ 2. Financial arrangement. * /It is a fairly generous setup sending your uncle 1,000 a month./