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

That's a sizeable markup from the $1,600 launch price of the RTX 4090. —Antony Leather, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025

The cost has nearly doubled over the past five years, from $35 per month when YouTube TV first debuted, to $83—a 137% markup. —Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024

Verb

Taggers have marked up what appears to be more than 25 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper that’s been sitting dormant for several years. —Times Photography Staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024

Note that Bitdefender no longer installs the separate Traffic Light extension, as the online threat protection system aims to mark up search results with colored icons: green for safe, red for dangerous, and gray for not yet checked. —PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024

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

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