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. 1. an increase in the price of a commodity
   2. the amount of this increase

verb

1. to add a percentage for profit, overheads, etc, to the cost of (a commodity)
2. to increase the price of

Example Sentences

“I never marked up the price in any way, because this was friendship... It’s like, I’m helping you to purchase something we both use anyway.”

From BBC

There was this little, frail woman in Atlanta; she had burn marks up and down her arm and on the back of her neck.

From Los Angeles Times

But in 1973 — after several cities accused the county of overcharging them to fund general operational expenses — the state Legislature created a statute banning counties from marking up the price of their policing services.

From Los Angeles Times

Leah Grossman said she had been in disputes with her homeowners association but never expected one of its members to be seen on video marking up her groceries.

From Los Angeles Times

But she said it’s harder to mark up problems and passages because you can only make notes in the digital version in a text box off to the side.

From Seattle Times

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