Last year its retail stores chalked up sales of more than $1 billion.
chalk up debts/losses »People are still chalking up huge debts on their credit cards.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
chalk up something — ˌchalk ˈup sth derived (informal) to achieve or record a success, points in a game, etc • The team chalked up their tenth win this season. • As a Hollywood actor he has chalked up a number of box office successes. • … Useful english dictionary
chalk something up to something — ˌchalk sth ˈup to sth derived (NAmE, informal) to consider that sth is caused by sth • We can chalk that win up to a lot of luck. Main entry: ↑chalkderived … Useful english dictionary
chalk sth up to sth — UK US chalk sth up to sth Phrasal Verb with chalk({{}}/tʃɔːk/ verb ► to consider that something is caused by a particular thing: »Companies blame the economy for the lay offs, while workers chalk it up to bad management … Financial and business terms
chalk — chalk1 [tʃo:k US tʃo:k] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: cealc, from Latin calx LIME12 , from Greek chalix small stone ] 1.) soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals = ↑limestone ▪ chalk cliffs 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
chalk — 1 noun (U) 1 soft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals; limestone: chalk hills 2 also chalks (plural) small sticks of this substance, white or coloured, used for writing or drawing: a box of coloured… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
chalk something up to experience — put sth down to exˈperience idiom (also chalk sth up to exˈperience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from • We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. Main entry: ↑ex … Useful english dictionary
chalk — [tʃɔːk] noun I 1) [U] a type of soft white stone 2) [C/U] a stick of chalk used for writing or drawing • See: long I II verb chalk [tʃɔːk] chalk sth up … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ˌchalk sth ˈup — phrasal verb to achieve or win something … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
long — long1 W1S1 [lɔŋ US lo:ŋ] adj comparative longer superlative longest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(great length)¦ 2¦(great distance)¦ 3¦(large amount of time)¦ 4¦(particular length/distance/time)¦ 5¦(writing)¦ 6¦(clothing)¦ 7¦(tiring/boring)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
long — long1 W1S1 [lɔŋ US lo:ŋ] adj comparative longer superlative longest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(great length)¦ 2¦(great distance)¦ 3¦(large amount of time)¦ 4¦(particular length/distance/time)¦ 5¦(writing)¦ 6¦(clothing)¦ 7¦(tiring/boring)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
