markup — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up their buy-in price when determining their selling price.

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   Examples

   You don’t make much money selling gas because the markup is so low.

2. An increase in price.

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   Examples

   There will be a markup on those products next week; better buy them now.

3. The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.

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   Examples

   For example, a filename of “home.html” would be appropriate for an ASCII/text file containing HTML markup.

   You can display the icon on any site you offer your software for download using the following markup[…]

4. The process by which proposed legislation is debated and amended.

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Noun

1. the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price

   Broader terms

   net incomenetnet profitlucreprofitprofitsearnings

2. 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)

   Broader terms

   directioninstruction