mark up

To increase the price of something before selling it to customers.

• The shop marks up its prices.
• They marked the shoes up by ten percent.
• How much have you marked up these goods?

How to use it: mark something up by an amount (The shop marked the jackets up by twenty percent.); mark something up to a price (They marked the lamps up to fifty euros.)

Similar words: raise the price of, increase the price of

Opposites: mark down

Common phrases: mark up prices, mark up goods, mark something up

To add computer code to text that controls how it appears on a screen.

• We mark up text with HTML.
• He marked up the headings so they would display correctly.
• Have you marked up the whole document yet?

How to use it: mark something up with something (She marked the text up with HTML tags.)

Similar words: add markup to

Common phrases: mark up text, mark up documents, mark something up

To hit someone and leave bruises or other marks on their body.

• The fight marked him up.
• They marked her up with repeated blows.
• He was badly marked up after the attack.

How to use it: mark someone up (The attacker marked him up badly.)

Similar words: beat up, bruise, batter

Common phrases: mark someone up, mark up someone