Tie

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

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