write-up

UK: /ˈraɪtʌp/ US: (rīt′up′)

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ˈwrite-ˌup,  n. [countable]

1. a written account, report, or piece of writing, as in a newspaper.

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write-up  (rīt′up′), n. 

1. a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine:
   The play got a terrible write-up.
2. Business [Accountableing.] an increase in the book value of a corporation that is not warranted by the true assets of the corporation.

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase write up 1880–85, American.