Draw-up

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(literal) That which is drawn or hoisted up.

Definitions by Sense

1. (literal) That which is drawn or hoisted up
2. An upward trend; an increase
3. That which is drawn up or drafted; a draft (such as a plan, proposal, contract, etc.)

Example Sentences

Roots, leaves, stems, and grasses are hauled to the surface through these openings; and on these winter "draw-ups" the animals sit while eating.

This is at variance with empirical observation: the distributions of absolute stock price changes are rather symmetrical: if anything, large negative draw-downs are more frequent than large positive draw-ups.

The bubbles themselves (massive 'draw-ups') are similarly associated with various positive feedback mechanisms that generate a faster-than-exponential regime of growth that is ultimately unsustainable (Jiang et al., 2010).

Next we consider different continuous time as well as discrete jump stochastic price processes that differ from that of a Brownian motion without drift. The expected profit per buy-sell pair is derived and shown to relate to expected draw-downs, and expected draw-ups of corresponding technical trading strategies.

The Colonies-States with the exceptional of Rhode Island and Connecticut (they were self-governed for a long time with constitutional draw-ups) adopted a new Constitution, leaving out those of Pennsylvania and Georgia because they declared them as non-radical.

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• draw-ups

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