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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Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
The Senate Commerce Committee's markup of spectrum legislation has been delayed four times, and the legislation wasn't considered at the committee's most recent markup.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 10 Aug. 2024
On Thursday: The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up legislation to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies for fiscal 2025; the Senate HELP Committee will consider Mark Eskenazi’s nomination to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Noun
Stax uses a subscription pricing model plus transaction fee but doesn’t charge a markup on payment processing.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
The Senate Commerce Committee's markup of spectrum legislation has been delayed four times, and the legislation wasn't considered at the committee's most recent markup.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Verb
Who would buy milk at a store if marked up randomly by $40 when the store across the street priced it as usual?
—Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 10 Aug. 2024
On Thursday: The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up legislation to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies for fiscal 2025; the Senate HELP Committee will consider Mark Eskenazi’s nomination to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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“Markup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/markup. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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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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