rollup
/ˈɹoʊlʌp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.
noun
A food preparation made by wrapping ingredients in another food, e.g. meat and vegetables wrapped in flatbread.
noun
A self-made cigarette of tobacco wrapped in rolling paper.
noun
A business technique where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged.
noun
A collection of software updates distributed as a single package.
noun
A set of silverware wrapped in a cloth napkin.
Example Sentences
- "In some cases, you may want to add custom rollups that change the way a measure is calculated on a specific level."
- "She ate a chicken rollup and a salad."
- "He considered moving to the dining room, but ordered a fourth vodka martini and sent it down in three gulps to join a half-dozen bacon rollups and two baked cheese appetizers."
- "I smoke rollups because they are cheaper than buying cigarettes."
- "In geographic rollups, it's more important to hold on to key employees — and customers — than to realize efficiencies quickly."
- "Between issuance of service packs, Microsoft released update rollups for Exchange Server on a regular basis […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊlʌp/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.