write-up

[ rahyt-uhp ]

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.

write up

verb

1. to describe fully, complete, or bring up to date in writing

   write up a diary

2. to praise or bring to public notice in writing
3. accounting
   1. to place an excessively high value on (an asset)
   2. to increase the book value of (an asset) in order to reflect more accurately its current worth in the market

noun

1. a published account of something, such as a review in a newspaper or magazine
2. accounting
   1. an excessive or illegally high valuation of corporate assets
   2. a raising of the book value of an asset

Word History and Origins

Origin of write-up¹

1880–85, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase write up

Example Sentences

Because I was president I had to do the write-up for the event and they chose that picture.

From The Daily Beast

The House and Senate write up the fix the White House wants, but they attach it to something Obama hates.

From The Daily Beast

The answer is that the Defense Department has a painstakingly slow process to write up its requirements before it builds anything.

From The Daily Beast

That clearly wasn't enough, and we had our frequent contributor Emily Hauser write up the tweet.

From The Daily Beast

I have a backlog of books to write up for David's Bookclub, including a superb book about the economic crisis, Don Peck's Pinched.

From The Daily Beast

I wish I could write up Deppe's system for publication, but it is a very difficult thing to give any adequate idea of.

From Project Gutenberg

With regard to cooking, each man took duty for a week, during which he was able to write up his work and to wash and mend clothes.

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The author replied, “I should like to live with the army on the frontier and write up Tommy Atkins.”

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"Well, write up everything you have on it, and we'll lay out further experimental work," MacLeod said.

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Well, you are a lucky girl to have brains enough to have more than one idea in your head to write up.

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