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Markup vs Farmgate - What's the difference?

markup | farmgate |

As a noun markup

is the notation that is used to indicate how text should be displayed.

As an adjective farmgate is

describing the price of goods if they were purchased directly from a farm, without markup added by retailers.

markup

English

(wikipedia markup)

Alternative forms

* mark-up

Noun

(en noun)
  • The notation that is used to indicate how text should be displayed.
  • * 2003 , Creative Commons, Creative Commons GNU GPL
    • You can display the icon on any site you offer your software for download using the following markup :
  • The percentage or amount by which a seller hikes up his buy-in price when determining his selling price.
    • You don’t make much money selling gas because the markup is so low.
  • An increase in price.
    • There will be a markup on those products next week; better buy them now.

    Related terms

    * markdown * mark up

    Derived terms

    * markup language * markup rate

    farmgate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Describing the price of goods if they were purchased directly from a farm, without markup added by retailers.
  • * 1995 , Fred E. M. Gillham, Cotton production prospects for the next decade: Volumes 23-287 (page 195)
    • It is important to note that the farmgate price can be quoted either in terms of seed cotton or lint.
  • * 1999 , William Ascher, Why governments waste natural resources (page 228)
    • From a farmgate price of nearly 150 pounds sterling in 1955-57, the Cocoa Board steadily reduced the price