Antonyms for mark up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɑrk |
- abbreviate
- abridge
- cease
- compress
- condense
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- deflate
- degrade
- demolish
- deplete
- depress
- destroy
- diminish
- discourage
- divide
- drop
- fall
- halt
- hinder
- hurt
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- minimize
- narrow
- play down
- prevent
- raze
- recede
- reduce
- repress
- restrict
- retreat
- retrogress
- shorten
- shrink
- slow
- slump
- soften
- stop
- subtract
- take back
- undermine
- weaken
Definition of mark up
Origin :- "to put a mark on," Old English mearcian (West Saxon), merciga (Anglian) "to trace out boundaries," from Proto-Germanic *markojanan (cf. Old Norse merkja, Old Saxon markon, Old Frisian merkia, Old High German marchon, German merken "to mark, note," Middle Dutch and Dutch merken), from the root of mark (n.1).
- Influenced by Scandinavian cognates. Meaning "to have a mark" is from c.1400; that of "to notice, observe" is late 14c. Meaning "to put a numerical price on an object for sale" led to verbal phrase mark down (1859). Mark time (1833) is from military drill. Related: Marked; marking. Old French merchier "to mark, note, stamp, brand" is a Germanic loan-word.
- As in increase : verb add or grow
- As in price : verb assess financial value
- As in snowball : verb increase
- "Then let us make an expedition there when we have put our mark up on the shore," said Roger.
- Extract from : « Roger the Bold » by F. S. Brereton
- Does it put a mark up for auction and see what the demand is like?
- Extract from : « If I May » by A. A. Milne
- He thought it must have taken a lot of lambs to mark up all the doors!
- Extract from : « The Seeker » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They love their books so much that they think it nothing short of sacrilege to mark up a book.
- Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok
- What has got to be done, therefore, is to force the Germans to lift the mark up again, and make them pay up their indemnity.
- Extract from : « My Discovery of England » by Stephen Leacock
- He did say in a cross way, What for did you mark up my nice poker-chips with your old pictures?
- Extract from : « The Story of Opal » by Opal Whiteley
- The clerks all knocked off their regular work and started in to mark up prices.
- Extract from : « Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son » by George Horace Lorimer
- They can mark up the price of their property to meet changing standards.
- Extract from : « American Eloquence, Volume IV. (of 4) » by Various
- Then with the point of a fine folder that will indent, but not cut the paper, mark up as shown in fig. 103.
- Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
- The express delivers its bullet accurately point-blank—the bullet flies straight to its mark up to a certain distance.
- Extract from : « Field and Hedgerow » by Richard Jefferies
Synonyms for mark up
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- amplify
- annex
- appraise
- augment
- boost
- broaden
- build
- build up
- burgeon
- cost
- deepen
- develop
- dilate
- distend
- double
- enhance
- enlarge
- escalate
- estimate
- evaluate
- exaggerate
- expand
- extend
- fix
- further
- grow
- heighten
- inflate
- intensify
- lengthen
- magnify
- mark down
- mark up
- mount
- multiply
- pad
- progress
- proliferate
- prolong
- protract
- pullulate
- put a price on
- raise
- rate
- redouble
- reduce
- reinforce
- rise
- run up
- sharpen
- slap on
- snowball
- soar
- spread
- step up
- sticker
- strengthen
- supplement
- swarm
- swell
- tack on
- teem
- thicken
- triple
- upsurge
- value
- wax
- widen
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