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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Mirna Alrached, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
In many cases, the weapons were sold to gun enthusiasts, often at steep markups as high as 10 times what they were bought for.
—E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2024
Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Prescription costs:Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1
The report said dispensing patterns suggested the companies were steering more profitable prescriptions, ones marked up more than $1,000 per prescription, to pharmacies that their parent companies own.
—Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
One black market customer is a 33-year-old single mother of three children, who had just purchased a dozen pieces from a roadside seller at a markup of 16 cents — paying 47 cents in total.
—Mirna Alrached, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
In many cases, the weapons were sold to gun enthusiasts, often at steep markups as high as 10 times what they were bought for.
—E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
Finally, retailers or restaurants mark up the wine for consumers, reflecting the cumulative costs of the entire chain.
—Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Prescription costs:Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1
The report said dispensing patterns suggested the companies were steering more profitable prescriptions, ones marked up more than $1,000 per prescription, to pharmacies that their parent companies own.
—Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Markup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/markup. Accessed 26 Jan. 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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