WIP | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of WIP in English WIPnoun [ C or U ] uk /ˌdʌ.bəl.juː.aɪˈpiː/ us /ˌdʌ.bəl.juː.aɪˈpiː/ Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for work in progress or process: a piece of work or a product that has been begun but is not finished or ready: A typical time for a shirt to go through the plant is four weeks, which means the plant will have 16,667 dozen shirts as WIP. I feel it's pointless to share wips and projects that I may never finish.

• The three categories of stock are raw materials, work-in-progress (WIP) and finished goods.
• The company has work in progress (WIP) levels comparable with other car manufacturers.
• WIP has not been completed but has already incurred a capital investment from the company.

Creating and producing

• anti-creative
• artefact
• attribute
• attribute something to someone phrasal verb
• bang something out phrasal verb
• crank
• fructify
• generate electricity
• generative
• generativity
• give birth to idiom
• grind
• re-raise
• recreate
• reforge
• reissue
• remake
• scare
• stitch
• toss

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WIP | Business English

WIPnoun [ U ]   ACCOUNTING uk us Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for work in progress (Definition of WIP from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of WIP?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 在製作中，在建造中（work in progress 或 work in process 的縮寫）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 在制作中，在建造中（work in progress 或 work in process 的缩写）… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "work in progress":, trabajo en progreso, trabajo en curso… See more in Portuguese forma abreviada de "work in progress" ou "work in process":, trabalho em curso… See more Need a translator?

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