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noun
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Commerce.
a.
the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price.
b.
the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price.
c.
an increase in price, as of a commodity.
d.
the amount by which a price is increased.
2.
the putting of a legislative bill into final form.
3.
a detailed instruction, usually written on a manuscript to be typeset, concerning style of type, makeup of pages, and the like.
4.
Digital Technology. detailed instructions indicating the format and structure for an electronic document. See also markup language.
Origin:
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase mark up
1915–20; noun use of verb phrase mark up
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Markup
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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markup definition
textIn computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, or instructions for layout of the text on the page or other information which can be interpreted by some automatic system.
For example, the source of this dictionary is marked up by enclosing cross-references in curly braces which are significant to the World-Wide Web server software.
(1995-03-30)
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