draw-up

Noun

draw-up (plural draw-ups)

1. (literal) That which is drawn or hoisted up
   • Roots, leaves, stems, and grasses are hauled to the surface through these openings; and on these winter "draw-ups" the animals sit while eating.1910, Farmers' Bulletin, number 396
2. An upward trend; an increase
   • 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.2003, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Marc Potters, Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing
   • 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).2012, Ms Gunilla Sundström, Professor Erik Hollnagel, Governance and Control of Financial Systems
3. That which is drawn up or drafted; a draft (such as a plan, proposal, contract, etc.)
   • 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.2010, George Karavidas, United States Before September 11 and After Barack H. Obama