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wovit n. Godwin provided plenty of colorful examples of the gradual disintegration of the farming system in Zimbabwe as the war vets or “wovits,” as they are called, grab land from the rightful owners. [English Zimbabwe Military] [full cite] (Nov. 24, 2008)

wrap n. Bought as a “wrap,” can be padded out with sugar, starch etc. [ Language English Subject Drugs] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2005)

wrap fee n. It allows broker-dealers to charge fees based on assets under management (sometimes referred to as a “wrap fee”) rather than product commissions—just as the registered investment advisers do. If the client’s portfolio goes up in value, so does the broker’s compensation. Brokers no longer have to push products to earn a reasonable return from their clients. [English Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 9, 2007)

wrap rage n. Doyle has no solid statistics on injuries caused by our hassles with packaging, but they do exist in England. One study there shows that “wrap rage,” as it is called by the Brits, has been the cause of more than 60,000 injuries. [English] [full cite] (Jun. 13, 2005)

wrap-around adj. I discovered another term for network airing of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Friday morning: wrap-around coverage. Rather than focus on a single game, ESPN will switch among several games while televising the NCAA women’s basketball tournament today. [English Media Television] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2007)

wrap-around adj. HMOs work with Medicare in two ways: Either they have direct contracts with Medicare or provide what is called Medicare “wrap-around” coverage for individuals who were members of the HMO when they became Medicare beneficiaries. [English] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

wrap-around adj. Prime Network offers regionals a national feed which they can access as a wrap-around service to their locally-originated programming. [English] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

wrap-around mortgage adj. Featured topics will be equity participation, the wrap-around mortgage, and the techniques of investment in income-producing property. [English Money & Finance] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

wraparound adj. Transition coordinators are now working with those agencies and private organizations to develop what is known as the “wraparound reentry model” that will result in a team of individuals and entities that will be able to support those former inmates upon their return to society. [English Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 20, 2006)

wraparound adj. He has also developed what he calls wraparound service, wherein Brooklyn Union owns the gas-fueled heating and cooling facilities in large installations and sells their outpupt. [English] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

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