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Noun: markup  'maa(r)k,úp
  1. The amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
    "The store's markup on designer clothes was considerable"
     
  2. Detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)
    "The editor's markup included instructions for font changes and image placement"
     
  3. (computing) text or symbols added to a document to control its structure, formatting, or relationships
    "HTML markup controls how web pages display"
Verb: mark up
  1. Increase the price of
    "The store marked up the prices of seasonal items"

Derived forms: marked up, marking up, marks up, markups

See also: label

Type of: direction, earnings, instruction, lucre, net, net income, net profit, price, profit, profits

Antonym: mark down

Encyclopedia: Markup

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