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
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Noun
The retail markup on their products is 25 percent.
selling used cars at high markups
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Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Business models will hinge on electricity markups, adoption rates, and policy regulation to balance private investment with equitable access.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Sinegal instituted a policy that Costco could mark up merchandise by no more than fourteen per cent—fifteen in the case of Kirkland goods—and received a report on anything that reached more than thirteen per cent.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The pop punk icon confirmed a slate of upcoming shows for next year on Monday, along with efforts to ensure tickets get in actual fans’ hands for a reasonable price, rather than to resellers who will hawk them at major markups to those who missed out during the initial on-sale.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Business models will hinge on electricity markups, adoption rates, and policy regulation to balance private investment with equitable access.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
That meant marking up my chest, back, and underarms to know where to guide the machines for the treatments that would start immediately on my return.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Sinegal instituted a policy that Costco could mark up merchandise by no more than fourteen per cent—fifteen in the case of Kirkland goods—and received a report on anything that reached more than thirteen per cent.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Markup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/markup. Accessed 13 Nov. 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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