mark up

Definition of Mark Up in English :

1. mark up

increase the price of

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mark Up

noun

1.

a percentage or amount added to the cost of a commodity to provide the seller with a profit and to cover overheads, costs, etc

2.

a.

an increase in the price of a commodity

b.

the amount of this increase

verb mark up (tr, adverb)

3.

to add a percentage for profit, overheads, etc, to the cost of (a commodity)

4.

to increase the price of

1.

to cover with marks

2. US

to mark for sale at an increased price

3.

to add overhead and profit to the cost of in order to arrive at the selling price

4.

to put (a legislative bill) into final form

n.

1. A raise in the price of an item for sale.

2. An amount added to a cost price in calculating a selling price, especially an amount that takes into account overhead and profit.

3. A session of a US congressional committee at which a legislative bill is put into final form.

4.

a. The collection of detailed stylistic instructions written on a manuscript that is to be typeset.

b. Computers The collection of tags that describe the specifications of an electronic document, as for formatting.