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Definition of mark upnext
as in to mark down

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noun

as in surcharge

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Recent Examples of mark up
Verb
And the document itself is marked up with corrections and disclaimers that facts are incorrect or that context is missing to the point of being almost illegible. — Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 28 May 2026 That marks up as an 11 percent drop in participation in just 13 months. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Noun
Their profits come from building new power plants, new transformers and substations, and new power lines – and passing those costs along to customers, with a markup for profit. — Laura Mullenbach, Fortune, 14 July 2026 In May, the California State Senate passed a bill that would prohibit the excessive markup of products sold at private detention centers, limiting prices to 35% above the vendor cost. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mark up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mark up
  1. mark down
  2. surcharge
  3. discount
  4. overcharge
  5. bring
  6. gouging
  7. fetch
Verb
  • For example, Kohl's has a whole page dedicated to back-to-school essentials for all ages, with some pieces marked down by 20% or more.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • While the 65-inch model is a spectacular 41% off, Amazon also marked down other sized models.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026
Definition of mark down
Noun
  • Barcelona Moves To Maximum Cruise Tax Rate On July 15, Barcelona’s deputy mayor for economic affairs, Jordi Valls, committed the city government to raising its municipal cruise passenger surcharge to the legal maximum.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, a first-offense OWI carries a penalty of $150-$300, plus a $435 OWI surcharge.
    — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of surcharge
Verb
  • Buyers either discount heavily for that risk or walk away completely.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Major supermarket chains like Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, or Publix regularly discount staple items at steep loss-leader prices just to get shoppers through the doors.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 July 2026
Definition of discount
Noun
  • Eventually, the utility was required to refund its customers an overcharge.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • This means that plaintiffs will recover somewhere between 26% and 53% of overcharge damages, according to one of the court documents—far beyond the typical amount, which lands between 5% and 15%.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of overcharge
Verb
  • Fawaz briefly brought me up to date on Singer’s story, which stretches back to 2008 when founder Rob Dickinson started working on his own 1969 Porsche 911E in Los Angeles.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Others stood still, hoping that patience would bring a butterfly close enough to touch.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of bring
Noun
  • Other advantages include the fact that ownership of compute may reduce dependency on price fluctuations and gouging.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • But the buildup to America’s first time hosting the World Cup since 1994 has been nonstop controversy, from exorbitant ticket cost and price-gouging for public transportation to our country’s far-right immigration policies scaring away many would-be visitors.
    — Greg Cote June 10, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
Definition of gouging
Verb
  • The big prize in Spirit Airlines’ liquidation is closer to being awarded and may fetch close to $90 million.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • Operational databases—often NoSQL systems—excel at reacting to change instantly and fetching individual records with almost no delay, suiting situations where the business must act on new data in near real time.
    — Kevin Mathrani, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of fetch

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