Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

ШЗЗ .wrap sth 'up (informal) to complete sth such as an agreement or a meeting in a satisfactory way: That just about wraps it up for today.

noun [u]

see also: bubble wrap, gift shrink--

paper, plastic or other material that is used for wrapping things in: a box covered with plastic wrap ППЛ under 'wraps (informal) being kept secret until some time in the future: The development of the new machine was kept under wraps.

wrapper /'raepa(r)/ noun [C] a piece of paper, plastic, etc. that is wrapped around sth, especially food, when you buy it in order to protect it and keep it clean: a cellophane/ plastic wrapper

wrapping /'raepiq/ noun [U] (also wrappings [pi.]) paper, plastic, etc. used for covering sth in order to protect it: wrapping paper/material

wreck/гек/ noun, verb

verb [+ obj]

to damage or destroy sth: The union made an attempt to wreck the deal.

noun [C]

something that has been badly damaged or destroyed: the wreck of a ship

wreckage /'rekid3/ noun [u] (often used in newspapers in a figurative way) the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed: They tried to salvage (= save) what they could from the wreckage of the bankrupt company.

writ/ritI noun [C] [Law) a legal document from a court telling sb to do or not to do sth: The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract, о We intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.

write /rait/ verb (wrote /raot/ written /'ritn/ 1 [+ obj or no obj] to produce a document, an article or a piece of software: We wrote a business plan for the new company, о He writes about/on write back 612

business and social issues, о She writes for the 'Times', о to write code/applications/software/ programmes

[+ obj or no obj] to put a request or some information in a letter or an email and send it to sb: I am writing to inform you that your application has been accepted, о I have written a memo to senior management, о She sent them a letter of complaint but they didn't write back.

[+ obj] write sth (out) (for sb) | write sb (out) sth to complete a cheque or other form with the necessary information: I wrote (out) a cheque for 100. о He wrote me a receipt.

{IT} [+ obj] write sth to sth to transfer or copy information from a computer's memory to sth that stores it in a more permanent form: to write data to a disk/file

-» idiom at worth adj.