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

For now, wine will be sold at prices somewhere between retail and restaurant markups for consumption across Lost and Found’s extensive grounds. —Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025

China, India, and Turkey have together purchased close to $400 billion in Russian oil since 2023, sometimes to consume it, sometimes to resell it at a markup. —Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Verb

Its 11-inch display is perfect for watching shows, reading e-books, and marking up documents on the go. —Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025

Nancy using an overhead projector to mark up a map of Hawkins, noting all the territory Hopper has re-patrolled in search of Vecna, becomes a tidy little metaphor for all the backward gazing. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 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