setup

noun7

1. •
   The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

   • The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
2. •
   A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

   • Trust me, that was a setup!
3. •
   A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.

   • The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.
4. •
   Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

   • The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
5. •
   An installer.

   • You still have to run the setup and select the display driver after restarting Windows. Installing Windows NT drivers was tedious (but we could back up system files), and OS/2 was tiresome; […] — 1995
6. •
   The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

   • A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.
7. •
   The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.

   • There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.