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MARKUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("markup" is a kind of...):
direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("markup" is a kind of...):
earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))
Derivation:
mark up (increase the price of)
