Meanings
nounmarkup (countable and uncountable, plural markups)
plural markups · alternative mark-up
- countableuncountableThe percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up their buy-in price when determining their selling price.
You don’t make much money selling gas because the markup is so low.
- countableuncountableAn increase in price.
There will be a markup on those products next week; better buy them now.
- countableuncountablecomputingThe notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.
You can display the icon on any site you offer your software for download using the following markup[…]
2003, “Creative Commons GNU GPL”, in Creative Commons, archived from the original on 22 Jun 20091 more example
For example, a filename of “home.html” would be appropriate for an ASCII/text file containing HTML markup.
1996, Bebo White, HTML and the Art of Authoring for the World Wide Web, Springer, →ISBN, page 25 - UScountableuncountablegovernmentThe process by which proposed legislation is debated and amended.
Origin
Deverbal from mark up.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian надценка n маржа
- надценка n маржа (nadcenka)percentage or amount added to buy-in price
Chinese Mandarin 標記 /标记
- 標記 /标记 (biāojì)notation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Czech značkování
- značkovánínotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Danish opmærkning
- opmærkningnotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Dutch marge, verkoopsmarge
- margepercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- verkoopsmargepercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- prijsstijgingincrease in price
- opmaaknotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Finnish marginaali, korotus
- marginaalipercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- korotusincrease in price
- hinnankorotusincrease in price
- merkkausnotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
French marge, majoration
- margepercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- majorationincrease in price
- balisenotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
- balisagenotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
German Marge, Preisaufschlag
- Margepercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- Preisaufschlagpercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- Handelsspannepercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- Aufschlagincrease in price
- Auszeichnungnotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Hungarian haszonkulcs, árrés
- haszonkulcspercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- árréspercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- áremelkedésincrease in price
- áremelésincrease in price
- jelölésnotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
- szedési/nyomdai utasításnotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Japanese マークアップ
- マークアップ (mākuappu)notation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Māori whakapikinga utu, tautohu
- whakapikinga utuincrease in price
- tautohunotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Polish marża, marża
- marżapercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- marżaincrease in price
- narzutincrease in price
- adiustacjanotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Portuguese marcação
- marcaçãonotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Romanian adaos comercial, scumpire
- adaos comercialpercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- scumpireincrease in price
Russian наце́нка, надба́вка
- наце́нка (nacénka)percentage or amount added to buy-in price
- надба́вка (nadbávka)percentage or amount added to buy-in price
- ма́ржа (márža)percentage or amount added to buy-in price
- ма́ржа (márža)increase in price
- разме́тка (razmétka)notation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Spanish margen, sobreprecio
- margenpercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- sobrepreciopercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- recargopercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- margen lucrosopercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- anotacionesnotation used to indicate how text should be displayed
Swedish påslag, pålägg
- påslagpercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- påläggpercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- prisökningincrease in price
Tagalog patong, patong
- patongpercentage or amount added to buy-in price
- patongincrease in price
- pagpapatongincrease in price
Turkish zam
- zamincrease in price
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
markup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/markup
MLA
“markup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/markup. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “markup,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/markup.
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