"Wrap-up" : is it an American English

[cmlg38542006]

Hi everybody,

"Wrap-up" : is it an American English??

Are there any English words with the same meaning??

I read a sentence contained "wrap-up mediation", what it mean?

[Soup]

From wrap up - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

wrap up something
to complete or stop doing something. The president will wrap up his visit to China on Thursday. It's late and I have to get home, so let's wrap it up and finish tomorrow.

[BobK]

Hi everybody,

"Wrap-up" : is it an American English??
I don't think it's specifically Am E. We certainly use it a lot in the UK. What may be an Americanism is the extension of the film-maker's jargon "that's a wrap] [=that's sufficient, we can all go home] into other walks of life. For example, my father probably said "that's a wrap" when he was directing - that was his job. But he never used it in any other context.

Are there any English words with the same meaning??
'Tidy/Tie up [the/any loose ends]', 'finish off/up' (be careful with 'finish off' though; it has several other meanings you may want to avoid).

I read a sentence contained "wrap-up mediation", what it mean?

Hmm. I've never heard the phrase. But "mediation" often involves a third person talking to both sides of a heated argument. In that context it would make sense to use 'wrap-up mediation to mean' "getting both sides to agree to all the little points they left unsettled while they were dealing with the main points of disagreement": "I think it's all settled now, and the lorry-drivers should be returning to work on Monday; everyone's agreed on hours, conditions, and pay - but there's still a bit of wrap-up mediation to do".

That's a guess; some context would help.

b

[Soup]

Hmm. I've never heard the phrase.

Apparently, it's American English, and quite common at that, "wrap up" dictionary - Google Search.

A couple of examples from Google with mediation:

She is saying they are useless (she started the process) because they are not hurrying up (she had hoped to wrap up mediation in a week or two) and its ...

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Mayor Roy gives cleco two weeks to wrap up mediation talks says probability of a successful outcome now "a 50/50 shot."

[cmlg38542006]

Hi everybody,

Thanks for Bobk and Soup.

I look "wrap-up" in the Cambridge Dictionaries online, stated that it is an American adjective / noun. I'm wondering it is an American word.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press

I read a letter from a company to other company regarding some disputes, the subject of this letter is "Wrap-up mediation".

I guess the meaning of wrap-up mediation is to find solutions for disputes e.g. by negotiation...

Am I right??

[cmlg38542006]

Hi everybody,

Thanks for Soup and Bobk.

I look "wrap-up" in the Cambridge Dictionaries online, it state it is an American adjective / noun.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press

I read an article from a company to another regarding disputes. I guess the meaning of wrap-up mediation is to reach solutions for disputes.

Am I right?

[Soup]

In that context, wrap up means to bring the mediation process to a close.

[BobK]

here, as in both your examples in post no. 4, "wrap-up" is a verb and "mediations" is its object. In my supposed 'example' (no. 3) it did an adjectival job. But as I said there, I've never met it; and I've no reason to suppose it's ever been used that way (though if it was, it would make sense in the context I gave).

The VO usage is much more likely. Apologies if I led anyone to think otherwise.

b

[Soup]

"I think it's all settled now, and the lorry-drivers should be returning to work on Monday; everyone's agreed on hours, conditions, and pay - but there's still a bit of wrap-up mediation to do".

It's good ol' American English.

[BobK]

But wouldn't they be truckers?

b