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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Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2025
The House committee on Energy and Commerce is scheduled to hold a full committee markup on over two dozen pieces of legislation.
—Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025
Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Inflation was marked up to 2.7% this year, compared to the previous forecast of 2.5%.
—Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Short answer: because most of it is coming directly from factories in China, skipping the usual retail markups.
—Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2025
The House committee on Energy and Commerce is scheduled to hold a full committee markup on over two dozen pieces of legislation.
—Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
The average item is marked up 11% at Costco versus 25% to 50% elsewhere.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Inflation was marked up to 2.7% this year, compared to the previous forecast of 2.5%.
—Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Markup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/markup. Accessed 24 Apr. 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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