What is the basic belaying communication lingo used while rock climbing?

What is the basic belaying communication lingo used while rock climbing?

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Once you've tied into the rope and the belayer has put his end of the rope throw the belay device, one person will ask if the belay is on. That would be the lead climber, or the climber on the top rope. And the belayer will say either yes or no. And so the climber has to make sure that the belayer is locked off and that the belayer is ready to go, and his break hand is on the rope. And then the belayer also needs to be checking that the climber is tied in properly, and that all the slack has been taken out of the system. And then before the climber starts to climb, he's going to tell the belayer that he's climbing, and the belayer is either going to say "climb on" or "hold up a second" or... And then also while the climber is climbing, if he wants the rope to be more taut, then he's going to yell "take." If he wants it to be a little bit looser, he'll tell the belayer to give him slack.