To mark an item down or mark its price down means to reduce its price. A toy store has marked down the Sonic Hedgehog computer game Clothes are the best bargain, with many items marked down. = reduce mark up
If a teacher marks a student down, the teacher puts a lower grade on the student's work because of a mistake that has been made. If you mark each other's work, they don't mark you down because then you can mark them down
If you mark something down, you write it down. I tend to forget things unless I mark them down As he marks down the prices, he stops now and then to pack things into a large bag
If you mark someone down as a particular type of person, especially a type that you do not like, you consider that they have the qualities which make them that type of person. If he'd taken that five pounds, I would have marked him down as a greedy fool
The amount subtracted from the selling price of securities when they are sold to a dealer in the OTC market Also, the discounted price of municipal bonds after the market has shown little interest in the issue at the original price
A markdown is a reduction in the price of something. Customers know that our stocktake sales offer genuine markdowns across the store. a reduction in the price of something markdown of
Amount by which a dealer decreases the price of a security it pays to a client before selling it to another client Markdowns are most often associated with stocks that trade over-the-counter (See "Markup")
The amount subtracted from the selling price in the OTC market If the customer purchased from the dealer, the dealer would charge a markup, which is added to the price NASD has a 5% reasonable guidelines in markup and markdowns
[ 'märk ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English mearc boundary, march, sign; akin to Old High German marha boundary, Latin margo.