markup

1 of 2

noun

mark·​up ˈmärk-ˌəp 

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

mark up

2 of 2

verb

marked up; marking up; marks up

transitive verb

: to put a markup on

Examples of markup in a Sentence

Noun

The retail markup on their products is 25 percent.

selling used cars at high markups

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Oversight Committee’s September hearing will feature Bowser, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and Attorney General Brian Schwalb, followed by a markup on legislation to toughen juvenile crime enforcement and roll back policing limits enacted by the Council. —Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025

Some of her friends and neighbors sold their own properties at a low cost to investors who then fixed them up and resold them at a higher markup, Neville says. —Janelle Griffith, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

Well, that and the importance of marking up your will clearly. —Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025

In this sense, tariffs are no different than the German VAT that marks up tabs at the supermarket chain Edeka in Munich or the Minnesota state sales tax that gets added to Walmart price tags in Minneapolis. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1868, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing markup

• hypertext markup language
• markup language

Rhymes for markup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• pickup

Kids Definition

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