work-in-progress

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work-in-progress

(Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting the value of work begun but not completed, as shown in a profit-and-loss account

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Translations

work-in-progress

[ˌwɜːkɪnˈprəʊgrɛs] (Comm) n (value) → valore m del manufatto in lavorazione

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Since the film rights had also been sold before the novel's February 1974 publication, the entire period of Jaws' best-sellerdom--much of which coincided with the making of the movie--could itself be considered a giant publicity trailer for a work-in-progress.

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