Run-up

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  run-up
       n 1: a substantial increase over a relatively short period of
            time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are
            followed by corrections" [syn: {runup}]
       2: the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  runup
       n : a substantial increase over a relatively short period of
           time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are
           followed by corrections" [syn: {run-up}]