Tie has two principal meanings: * Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports * Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders Tie or TIE may also refer to:

Engineering and technology

* Tie (engineering), a strong component designed to keep two objects closely linked together * Railroad tie, a rectangular support for the rail * Tensilica Instruction Extension, a verilog-like language that is used to describe the instruction extensions to the Xtensa processor core * Time Independent Escape Sequence, a modem protocol

Enterprises and organizations

* TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a Silicon Valley non-profit * Titanium Metals Corporation, with the stock symbol TIE on the New York Stock Exchange * Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd., an Edinburgh-based public transport company

Science

* Interpersonal ties, in sociology and psychology * TIE receptors, specific types of cell surface receptors

Acronym

* Theatre in Education * Time for Inclusive Education, an LGBT campaign group in Scotland * Times Interest Earned, a financial ratio

People

* Tiê (born 1980), Brazilian singer-songwriter * Tahir Tie Domi (born 1969), Canadian retired National Hockey League player * Lie Tie (director) (1913–1996), Chinese film director * Li Tie (born 1977), Chinese retired footballer and Chinese national head coach * Lin Tie (1904–1989), Chinese communist revolutionary leader and politician, first Communist Party Chief and second governor of Hebei province * Esko Tie (1928–2002), Finnish ice hockey player * Wang Tie (born 1957), Chinese former politician * Cathy Tie (born 1996?), Chinese-Canadian bioinformatician and entrepreneur * Tie Xuan (1366–1402), Chinese general * Tie Ying (1916–2009), Chinese politician and major general * Tie Yinghua (born 1993), Chinese kickboxer See also Chie ("Tie" is the form of Chie in Kunrei-shiki and Nippon-shiki romanization systems)

Other uses

* Tie (music), a musical notation symbol joining two notes without a break * Tie (typography), a punctuation and diacritical sign * Tie (cavity wall), in construction * Twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper or plastic * TIE Fighter, a fictional spacecraft in the ''Star Wars'' universe * Chie, a Japanese name ("Tie" would be the Kunrei-shiki way of writing "Chie")