lock-up
Small holding cell
Lock-up refers to confinement or a place of confinement.
A lock-up is a jail, especially a temporary holding cell: They spent the night in the local lock-up.
In finance, a lock-up period restricts when investors can sell shares after an IPO.
The noun also describes the act of securing a building: Did you do the lock-up?
As an adjective, it modifies things designed to be locked: a lock-up garage.
Basic unit of life
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- inmateConfined facility resident
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
custody · detention · confinement · penitentiary · correctional · warden · solitary · remand
Secure storage chamber
key · combination · secure · fortify · safeguard · storage · garage · shed
Wealth used for investment
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- illiquidNot easily converted to cash
- termFixed period or word
deposit · commitment · tied · fixed · maturity · penalty · withdrawal · funds
cell
Basic unit of life
prisoner · custody · detention · confinement · penitentiary · correctional · warden · solitary · remand · holding
vault
Secure storage chamber
latch · key · combination · secure · fortify · safeguard · storage · garage · shed · strongbox
capital
Wealth used for investment
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- illiquidNot easily converted to cash
term · deposit · commitment · tied · fixed · maturity · penalty · withdrawal · funds · assets
freeze
Become solid from cold
secure · anchor · bind · fixate · shackle · restrain · stiffen · brace · lash · moor
shutdown
Cessation of operations
boarded · after-hours · curfew · closing · secured · nighttime · premises · shop · store · business
lock-upliquidity
Convertibility to cash
liquid assets · release · unlocking · accessible funds · divestment