单词 | write-up |
释义 | write-upn. Originally U.S. 1. An article giving an opinion, account, or review of something, (in early use) esp. a favourable article about a place, person, or business, included in a newspaper for a fee. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > written reports write-up1877 case report1897 poop sheet1928 society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > report report1659 write-up1877 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > in writing write-up1877 1877 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 13 Mar. 4/1 It would..put a bridle on the tongues of Mr. Storey's solicitors, who get 44 cents per line for roping business men into paid ‘write-ups’ in the Times. 1887 Aberdeen (Dakota Territory) Republican 31 Dec. 2/2 The LaMoure Progress..has an elaborate write-up of its city and county. 1897 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 19 Nov. (Last ed.) 4/1 If the State pays for write ups in one paper, why should it not pay for write-ups in all? 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress ii. 28 My missus says she ain't seen a livelier show for a long time... The Morning Leader gave it a fine write-up. 1951 Sport 30 Mar. 15/1 The critics..dismissed him in pre-fight write-ups as ‘another Phil Scott’. 2018 @Radiocentre 11 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 1 Apr. 2021) It's not every day radio gets a glowing write-up in The Economist. 2. Finance. An act of increasing the estimated or nominal value of an asset. Cf. to write up 7 at write v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > increase in value enhancing1490 enhancement1577 revaluation1611 advance1642 rise1645 raise1883 surpreciation1884 revalorization1908 write-up1915 1915 Decisions Interstate Commerce Comm. U.S. June–July 1915 (Interstate Commerce Comm. Rep. 35) 268 Railway property costs contained items aggregating $38,000,000 which represented operating deficits, bonus stock issued, arbitrary write-ups of road accounts.., all of which inflated the cost of road and equipment as shown in the carriers' books, but did not actually represent expenditures for road and equipment. 1955 Daily Mail 13 May 2/5 Normally on a write up of assets, there is an extra charge for depreciation. 1996 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 20/1 The capital reduction was made just before Christmas and reverses a write-up in the state-owned company's capital base from £50,000 a month beforehand. 3. U.S. A written statement in a person's disciplinary record detailing an infraction of rules or regulations; a written disciplinary warning. Cf. to write up 8 at write v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > formal > document containing griefc1420 write-up1948 1948 I. Stark Invisible Island iv. 206 Son, always find yourself an empty pot. If Noonan catches you sitting on it there ain't nothing he can do except to maybe blow his top. You can't never get a write-up for taking a crap. 1965 Admin. of Nat. Labor Relations Act: Hearings before U.S. House of Representatives Comm. Educ. & Labor (89th Congr., 1st Sess.) 155 Turner wrote him up for being away from his loom, the first write-up he had received since being hired. 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 14 His prison record was pretty good—no write-ups the last couple of years. 2021 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Feb. 61/3 You have to pick very fast. If you are not picking fast, your rate goes down. At end of the week you will take a warning or write-up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1877 |
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