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  • noun Plural form of run-up.

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Examples

  • The government has found no wrongdoing by the oil companies in any of the major oil price run-ups, and the effective tax rate on oil companies, 39.8% according to the Tax Foundation, is the highest among all industries.

    Future Oil Supplies Can Lower Prices Today Lucian Pugliaresi 2011

  • What I do know is that these assets have had huge run-ups, at rates that simply can't be sustained over long periods of time.

    How to Surf the Silver Plunge James B. Stewart 2011

  • One of the big differences from past merger run-ups: Investors are sending the acquirers' stock prices up, not down, after the deals are made public.

    Investors Warm to Big Deals Anupreeta Das 2011

  • It seems to me that even if prices slip back in the short run, the overall trend in the oil market is for demand to increase, and for occasional supply disruptions to lead to price run-ups.

    Oil: Marginal vs. Average Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • In some cases, they are contesting run-ups in property assessments when the housing market was flush.

    Tax Win Inspires Copycats Jim Carlton 2011

  • One of the big differences from past merger run-ups: Investors are sending the acquirers' stock prices up, not down, after the deals are made public.

    Mubarak's Fall, Big Board's Deal, Toyota's Day 2011

  • The ski area course included two challenging climbs, several off-camber descents, two run-ups and two long paved straightaways linking the sides of the course.

    Laura Van Gilder, Justin Lindine take wins at Nor’easter ’Cross 2010

  • No matter what any “guru” preaches, you cannot have massive societal and even world-wide price run-ups in securities and real estate prices on a wide-scale basis when real overall economic growth is slow or moderate — not without generating a “bubble” and a subsequent collapse.

    The Trouble with Numbers « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

  • So I think you're going to see a lot of the same issues on the commodity side as you see on the energy side: Can position limits help to dampen volatility and prevent huge price run-ups?

    Get Briefed: Walter Lukken Chris Barth 2011

  • No matter what any “guru” preaches, you cannot have massive societal and even world-wide price run-ups in securities and real estate prices on a wide-scale basis when real overall economic growth is slow or moderate — not without generating a “bubble” and a subsequent collapse.

    January « 2010 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

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