markup
- noun
- /ˈmɑrkʌp/
- Specialized
- To make a profit, the shop added a markup of 20% to the wholesale price.
- retail markup
- price markup
- average markup
It's just dealers are adding, you know, markups on top of all this.
- It's just dealers are adding, you know, markups on top of all this.
- One is as the number of firms get large, the profit, the markup falls and thus the profits fall.
- And also you get a an insane profit markup on using those three ingredients.
- You know, again, it does say that competition determines markups.
- I've suggested that car dealerships should be forced to disclose their markups on new cars because they casually acquire this information.
- Hardware deals for days on Craigslist with markup after this auction.
- So there is opportunity here and it allows the user to still give them money with crazy markup.
- It's imagine the markup of, you know, gas drinks at well that drinks at a restaurant and then go like triple that.
Examples
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I can sell them at a 300% markup.
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The designer stores are able to make a 500% markup because they know their customers.
Blog text (1) -
It's our markup for our services.
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I know there has to be a markup to pay for the table, but come on.
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It's a 300% markup value.
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Sometimes, there is more of a markup on one sandwich's value meal than another.
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For specialty software that sold in the $100 range, distributor markup was typically about 50%.
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Information at this Google Answers page suggests markups range from 50 to 400 percent.
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Do you remember how outrageous the markup can be at a college bookstore?
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Your father peddles car telephones at a 300% markup.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A set of simple tags that tell a computer how to show or arrange text
- Texting
A set of simple rules that tell a browser how to show web pages
- Specialized
A system that uses tags to show a document's parts and format
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Markup comes from mark ('sign' or 'price') and up ('higher'), like when a seller 'marks up' a price to make it higher. So markup is the extra amount added to the cost price to cover expenses and profit.