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Definition of 'markup'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) markup
an increase in the price of an item.

2.  markup
the amount added to the cost of goods to fix a selling price.

3.  markup
the difference between cost and selling price, usu. stated as a percentage.

4.  markup
the putting of a legislative bill into final form.

5.  markup
a set of instructions on a manuscript or tags in an electronic document to determine styles of type, makeup of pages, and the like.

Etymology: (1915–20)

Definition of 'markup'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) markup
the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price

2. (noun) markup
detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)

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