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Definition of markdown
1 : a lowering of price
2 : the amount by which an original selling price is reduced
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Recent Examples of markdown from the Web
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Amazon's portable Tap speaker will be selling for $79.90, a $50 markdown.
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The Principal decision implies that T. Rowe Price did a similar markdown on its much bigger stake.
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But for my money, the city’s saving grace is its three locations of United Apparel Liquidators, the only-in-the-South off-price retailer that sells Chanel, Prada and other luxury goods at ridiculous markdowns.
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That will aid Michael Kors’s own efforts to cut markdowns.
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That suggested that the attempt to control inventory aimed at reining in steep markdowns may be succeeding, said Chen Grazutis, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
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There's an easy way to figure out if items are in a final markdown.
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First Known Use of markdown
1880
Financial Definition of MARKDOWN
markdown
What It Is
How It Works
If a broker wishes to increase his sales volume in a security or set of securities, he may choose to sell them at markdown prices. In other words, if a broker sells a security to a client at a lower price than the highest bid (selling) price in the securities market among brokers, the price is a markdown price.
To illustrate, suppose a broker sells shares of XYZ stock to his clients at $20 per share. He originally purchased the shares in the broker market at $40 per share. Therefore, the markdown on the shares he sells is -$20 ($20-$40).
Markdown should not be confused with markup, which is the positive spread between the lowest bid price in the brokers market and the higher price a broker charges to clients.
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