mark up

verb

To increase the price of something between its wholesale and retail phase.

Opposite
mark down
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Meanings

verbmark up (third-person singular simple present marks up, present participle marking up, simple past and past participle marked up)

present singular third person marks up · participle present marking up · participle past marked up · past marked up

  1. To increase the price of something between its wholesale and retail phase.
  2. To add coding to text so that it will display properly on a computer.
  3. USslangTo beat and bruise (someone).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbincrease the price of

Opposite
mark down
Broader
price
Also see
gloss

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish mærke op, opmærke
  • mærke opto increase the price
  • opmærketo increase the price
Greek ανατιμώ
  • ανατιμώ (anatimó)to increase the price
Polish podnosić cenę, podnieść cenę
  • podnosić cenęto increase the price
  • podnieść cenęto increase the price
Cite this entry
APA

mark up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark%20up

MLA

“mark up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mark up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mark%20up.

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