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

Although Jacki bought two Swedish tickets on the secondary market, the mark-up of the most expensive was only around double its face value.

From BBC

Although Jacki bought two Swedish tickets on the secondary market, the mark-up of the most expensive was only around double its face value.

From BBC

"However, with new AAA titles costing as much as £70 when new, and presumably, physical versions dropping in price fairly quickly after launch, I would have expected a greater demand for pre-owned titles and Game making a large mark-up on these in particular".

From BBC

“Given how busy everyone is, I will go ahead and cancel the rest of the meetings that I had scheduled and then reschedule as needed once we receive the rest of LDEQ’s draft IRA mark-up,” Dorka replied.

From Seattle Times

Getir delivers groceries in cities in as little as 10 minutes from so-called "dark stores" - city-centre depositories - charging a mark-up on supermarket prices.

From BBC

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