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as in to mark down

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noun

as in surcharge

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Recent Examples of mark up
Verb
The new Vermont legislation reflects a growing trend across the country as states look to curtail ticket resellers from significantly marking up tickets to concerts. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026 But the league’s rotating schedule ensures the Broncos will face the Rams in Week 3, and now have to mark up a protection plan for the man who just shattered the league’s single-season sack record in 2025. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
Noun
That guaranteed the teams with revenue, with brokers benefiting from a markup for popular games but taking the risk that tickets to less popular games would sell at a loss, or not at all. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Prices are set based on historical precedent, competitive benchmarking or a simple cost-plus markup, and they are rarely revisited until inflation forces the issue. — Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mark up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mark up
  1. mark down
  2. surcharge
  3. discount
  4. overcharge
  5. bring
  6. gouging
  7. fetch
Verb
  • The company is now running through the last of its stock and is marking down what’s left by 20 percent.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Some of our favorite models remain marked down, but probably not for much longer.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of mark down
Noun
  • The San Francisco Fed noted another manufacturer’s complaint that every material purchased in recent weeks came with a freight surcharge.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Maersk raised its emergency fuel surcharge to 20 percent effective Monday due to the soaring energy costs linked to the Middle East conflict, Reuters reported.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of surcharge
Verb
  • Both carriers are discounting more aggressively while protecting margins, though the discounts skew toward large customers and widen the gap between headline rates and what smaller shippers pay.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Minority interests in illiquid companies are typically discounted by 20% to 35%, according to Jordana Schreiber, partner at Day Pitney.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of discount
Noun
  • The judge also reasoned that jurors erred in calculating damages, specifically by mistaking a discount for an overcharge.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • These have also undergone safety validation through abuse tests, which include nail penetration, overcharge, and external short-circuit testing.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of overcharge
Verb
  • Creality's approach is rather different, swapping smaller nozzle assemblies instead of complete print heads, and potentially bringing the benefits of multi-nozzle printing to a more affordable machine.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • For the Bills fans, the store opening is bringing a slice of home and Upstate New York.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of bring
Noun
  • For Abbott and for Ken Paxton, who beat Cornyn in an eye-gouging, rabbit-punching Republican Senate primary, the answer was, for all intents, the latter.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Other advantages include the fact that ownership of compute may reduce dependency on price fluctuations and gouging.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of gouging
Verb
  • The result that Stanley feels is more representative of the car’s value was the figure fetched for a yellow SP3 showing just 227 miles.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The gallery had other notable sales from Oli Epp, whose new paintings sold for $55,000 each, and Shim Moon-Seup, who had a painting that fetched above $63,000.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fetch

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“Mark up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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