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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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
The team unites design, R&D, and manufacturing under one roof to reduce unnecessary markups, so that consumers pay for craftsmanship, not middlemen.
—William Jones, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Another lawsuit against StubHub filed in Pennsylvania alleges fees that can mark up prices by as much as 66%.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Fabrication costs and retail markups also mean buyers are generally paying above spot prices.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
The team unites design, R&D, and manufacturing under one roof to reduce unnecessary markups, so that consumers pay for craftsmanship, not middlemen.
—William Jones, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
When fans purchase tickets marked up by dynamic pricing, or when scalped tickets sell on secondary platforms for hundreds more than face value, that ultimately shows exactly how much people are willing to spend on concert tickets.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Another lawsuit against StubHub filed in Pennsylvania alleges fees that can mark up prices by as much as 66%.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Markup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/markup. Accessed 9 Oct. 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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