markup
/ˈmɑrkˌʌp/
noun
- The amount added to the cost price of goods to cover overhead and profit; the difference between the cost and the selling price.
- The restaurant's markup on wine is often 300% of the wholesale price.
- A high markup on luxury goods means they cost much more than what the company paid to make them.
- The store applies a 50% markup on all clothing items to cover rent and employee salaries.
- A set of codes or tags used to format text in a document, especially for web pages (e.g., HTML).
- The editor showed me how to add bold markup to make certain words stand out.
- Learning basic markup languages helps you create your own websites.
- HTML markup uses tags like <p> and <h1> to structure the content of a webpage.
- The act of marking up a document with corrections, comments, or changes.
- The lawyer reviewed the contract and added markup to clarify several clauses.
- After the editor's markup, the manuscript was full of red ink and sticky notes.
- The teacher's markup on my essay included suggestions for better word choices.
verb
- To increase the price of something for resale, usually to make a profit.
- We decided not to mark up the tickets too much so more people could afford them.
- Retailers often mark up electronics significantly during the holiday season.
- The company marks up the cost of raw materials by 20% before selling the finished product.
- To add formatting codes or tags to a text document.
- The designer will mark up the plain text to make it look like a professional newsletter.
- You need to mark up the headings with <h1> tags in your HTML file.
- I learned how to mark up a blog post using basic HTML.
- To add notes, corrections, or changes to a document.
- Please mark up the report with your comments before the meeting.
- The teacher asked us to mark up our drafts with any changes we wanted to make.
- The editor will mark up the manuscript with a red pen.