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markup

markup

16 4.4
Extra money added to the cost of goods to sell them for a profit
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑrkʌp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : margen
  • 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.

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Examples

  • I can sell them at a 300% markup.

  • The designer stores are able to make a 500% markup because they know their customers.

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  • It's our markup for our services.

  • 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.

  • 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

260 1.0

A lower price offered for something, often shown as a percent

84 2.2

A drop in amount or number

Compounds

markup language
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A set of simple tags that tell a computer how to show or arrange text

A set of simple rules that tell a browser how to show web pages

A system that uses tags to show a document's parts and format

Surface Forms

markup singular
markups plural

Morphology

markup = mark + up (transparent) = mark + up

Comes from the phrasal verb 'mark up' meaning to raise a price; learners who know 'mark' and the particle 'up' can infer the sense of adding to the price.

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.