make-ready
Americannoun
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Printing. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
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the act or process of making something ready for use.
a charge for make-ready on the new car.
noun
Etymology
Origin of make-ready
First recorded in 1820–30; noun use of verb phrase make ready
Example Sentences
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“I can’t recall any large project or make-ready that we’ve done on a new vacation rental owner this year.”
From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023
If your ad does not show up well in the first few impressions run off, the press grinds on just the same, with little or no make-ready.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
Without the typesetter, the make-ready man, and the sturdy lads who pulled the lever, Luther's voice would not have reached across the campus.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Hubbard, Elbert
Plates, linotype, lock-up, make-ready, will cost as much for one magazine as for one thousand.
From The Blue Birds' Winter Nest by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
It’s one thing to prefer a pleasing, perhaps highly artistic pen technique and quite another to apply it to fast presses, poor ink and hurried make-ready.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
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