Definition of markdown
1 : a lowering of price
2 : the amount by which an original selling price is reduced
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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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There's an easy way to figure out if items are in a final markdown.
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