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writeup

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write-up

  [rahyt-uhp]
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–noun
1. a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine: The play got a terrible write-up.
2. Accounting. an increase in the book value of a corporation that is not warranted by the true assets of the corporation.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase write up
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writeup

An accounting increase in the book value of an asset without an accompanying expenditure of funds. For example, if a firm accounts for inventory on the basis of market value, the firm may need a writeup of inventory during a period of price inflation.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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