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

House Republicans had initially planned to hold a markup of the budget resolution last week, outlining a timeline to have the package on Mr. Trump's desk before May, but pushback from budget hawks for deeper spending cuts in recent weeks has slowed the process. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025

What's next: The House Budget Committee has noticed a markup for Thursday on a budget resolution. —Peter Sullivan, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025

Verb

Some items, like cases of beer, are marked up just a dollar above the wholesale price to stay competitive. —Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025

The nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including for heart disease, cancer and HIV, at their affiliated pharmacies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. —Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 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

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