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as in to mark down

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noun

as in surcharge

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Recent Examples of mark up
Verb
But the league’s rotating schedule ensures the Broncos will face the Rams in Week 3, and now have to mark up a protection plan for the man who just shattered the league’s single-season sack record in 2025. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 June 2026 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
Noun
Lenders use the Treasury yield as a benchmark for pricing home loans, then add a markup (known as a spread) to account for risk. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi—who own Dasani and Aquafina, respectively—take tap water, treat it (which typically means removing some minerals deemed impurities), bottle it, and sell it at a markup. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 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
  • The estate sale runs now through September 27 and includes select bath and body products, pantry staples, and limited-edition goods—some of which are marked down by as much as 60%.
    — Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Regularly $879, it is marked down to $729 during the sale, coming to $679 after applying AUSOMNA.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of mark down
Noun
  • That number is your surcharge ceiling under the settlement and the input for everything below.
    — Robert Day, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Orange County’s hotel tax is a 6-cent-per-dollar surcharge on hotel room and short-term rental stays, a lucrative funding source essentially dedicated to paying for tourism marketing and to building venues that create more tourism.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of surcharge
Verb
  • Fuji at High Street Place Fuji might seem easy to overlook because it’s located inside High Street Place, but don’t discount the food hall setting.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The change promises tax advantages, discounted drugs through the 340B program, and the ability to apply for grants.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of discount
Noun
  • The judge also reasoned that jurors erred in calculating damages, specifically by mistaking a discount for an overcharge.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • These have also undergone safety validation through abuse tests, which include nail penetration, overcharge, and external short-circuit testing.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of overcharge
Verb
  • Now a brick and mortar in the Greenwich Village for Fat Ronnie's brings the burger home.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Aries Full Moon illuminates your domestic 4th house, bringing a family matter, living situation, or question of emotional security into clearer focus.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of bring
Noun
  • For Abbott and for Ken Paxton, who beat Cornyn in an eye-gouging, rabbit-punching Republican Senate primary, the answer was, for all intents, the latter.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Other advantages include the fact that ownership of compute may reduce dependency on price fluctuations and gouging.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of gouging
Verb
  • Whatever proceeds Fairlane mall fetches at next month's auction/sale are to be deducted from the $35 million judgement against Kohan and the LLC.
    — JC Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • When the car crosses the auction block on November 21, it is estimated to fetch between $15 million and $20 million.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of fetch

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“Mark up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20up. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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