v. give way, concede, stop trying; stop doing something; despair of

abandon, cease doing an activity

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Verb
1. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
(synonym) forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo
(hypernym) abandon
(hyponym) lapse
2. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
(synonym) abandon
(hyponym) foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
3. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
(synonym) drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
4. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
(synonym) discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off
(hyponym) drop, knock off
5. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
(synonym) spare, part with, dispense with
(hypernym) give
6. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
(synonym) release, relinquish, resign, free
(hypernym) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
(hyponym) derequisition
7. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
(synonym) vacate, resign, renounce
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate, renounce
8. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
(synonym) surrender, cede, deliver
(hypernym) give, gift, present
(hyponym) yield up
9. give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
(synonym) surrender
(hypernym) yield
(hyponym) concede
10. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"
(synonym) abandon
(verb-group) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
11. allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
(synonym) allow
12. refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
(synonym) forgo
(hyponym) kick
(entail) abstain, refrain, desist

Used for listed equity securities. 1) Term used in a securities transaction involving three brokers, as illustrated by the following scenario: Broker A, a floor broker, executes a buy order for broker B. (Another member firm broker who has too much business at the time to execute the order.) The broker with whom broker A completes the transaction (the sell side broker) is broker C. Broker A "gives up" the name of broker B, so that the record shows a transaction between broker B and broker C even though the trade was actually executed between broker A and broker C; 2) distribution of commissions to brokerage houses not participating in a trade. This is a grey area of the law intended to reimburse a broker for previously provided services (i.e., Research). See: directed brokerage.