rollup

noun — 7 senses

rollup

noun

US /ˈɹoʊlʌp/

Etymology Deverbal from roll up.

7 senses
  1. 1That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.
  2. 2A food preparation made by wrapping ingredients in…
  3. 3A kind of flat, pectin-based, fruit-flavored snack…
  4. 4A self-made cigarette of tobacco wrapped in rolling paper.
  5. 5A business technique where multiple small companies in…
  6. 6A collection of software updates distributed as a single package.
  7. 7A set of silverware wrapped in a cloth napkin.
1

That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.

  • In some cases, you may want to add custom rollups that change the way a measure is calculated on a specific level.2013, Simon Lidberg, Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development:
2

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A food preparation made by wrapping ingredients in another food, e.g. meat and vegetables wrapped in flatbread.

  • 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.2009, Jonathan Bryan, Questings: A Parable, page 50:
3

A kind of flat, pectin-based, fruit-flavored snack rolled into a tube.

4

A self-made cigarette of tobacco wrapped in rolling paper.

  • I smoke rollups because they are cheaper than buying cigarettes.
5

Business A business technique where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged.

  • In geographic rollups, it's more important to hold on to key employees — and customers — than to realize efficiencies quickly.2013, Annette Risberg, Mergers & Acquisitions: A Critical Reader:
6

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A collection of software updates distributed as a single package.

  • Between issuance of service packs, Microsoft released update rollups for Exchange Server on a regular basis […]2014, Michel de Rooij, Jaap Wesselius, Pro Exchange 2013 SP1 PowerShell Administration:
7

A set of silverware wrapped in a cloth napkin.

Derived terms
fruit rollup

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