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mark-up

 noun
     
Related topics: Trade
mark-up British English ; mark‧up American English [countable]
BBT an increase in the price of something, especially from the price a shop pays for something to the price it sells it for [↪ mark up]:
The retailer's mark-up is 50%.
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