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mark down

• (of a retailer) reduce the indicated price of an item.
• "ties are marked down by at least 25 per cent"
Similar: reduce, decrease, lower, cut, put down, take down, discount, slash, lower the price of, make cheaper, sell at a giveaway price, put in a sale, knock down,
Opposite: increase, mark something up,
• (of a teacher or examiner) reduce the number of marks awarded to a person or their work.
• "teachers marked down work containing poor grammar"
• judge someone to be a particular type of person.
• "they head into the year with a lot of people marking them down as one of the worst teams in the league"

markdown noun

• a reduction in price.
• "markdowns of up to 50 per cent on many items"


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