1
: an amount added to the cost price to determine the selling price
broadly
: profit
2
: a U.S. Congressional committee session at which a bill is put into final form before it is reported out
Examples of markup in a Sentence
Noun
The retail markup on their products is 25 percent.
selling used cars at high markups
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, Block facilitates bitcoin trading by purchasing the cryptocurrency from private dealers and selling it to users at a modest markup.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the Senate Budget Committee is scheduled to mark up its budget resolution Wednesday and Thursday.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Noun
That markup will mostly cover returns, as Thermal Grizzly has to eat the more than 500 euro cost of any chips that come back under warranty.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, Block facilitates bitcoin trading by purchasing the cryptocurrency from private dealers and selling it to users at a modest markup.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) hopes to mark up Lummis’s legislation in the near future, according to a source familiar with the matter.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the Senate Budget Committee is scheduled to mark up its budget resolution Wednesday and Thursday.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Markup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/markup. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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markup
1 of 2 noun
mark·up
ˈmär-ˌkəp 
: an amount added to the cost price of an article to set the selling price
mark up
2 of 2 verb(ˈ)mär-ˈkəp
: to put a higher price on
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