mark down — to reduce the price of something
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to reduce the price of something
Pronunciation (IPA): /mɑːrk daʊn/
Korean meaning: 가격을 인하하다, 할인하다
Korean pronunciation: **마**크 다운
Example Sentences
- My grandmother marks down everything in her secret recipe book, even the number of salt grains!
- The professor marked down my paper because I wrote about pizza instead of physics.
- The manager decided to mark down all the expired yogurt by 90%.
mark down
VERB//mɑːrk daʊn//
to reduce the price of something
💡 Concept
to reduce the price of something
🎵 Rhyme
Park down with sales, dogs bark down the deals, customers mark down their wishlists!
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/mɑːrk daʊn/
🇬🇧 UK/mɑːk daʊn/
🌳Etymology
Rootmark
Suffix-down
Origin
mark(표시하다)와 down(아래로)의 결합으로, 원래 가격이나 점수에서 '아래로 표시하여' 낮춘다는 의미에서 유래했습니다.
🎵Rhyme
park downbark downdark down
park down
bark down
dark down
🔗Collocations
mark down prices
mark down heavily
mark down notes
mark down for sale
mark down significantly
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My grandmother marks down everything in her secret recipe book, even the number of salt grains!”
😄 Fun example
“The professor marked down my paper because I wrote about pizza instead of physics.”
“The manager decided to mark down all the expired yogurt by 90%.”
“Don't forget to mark down your brilliant ideas before you forget them!”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
reducediscountlowerrecordnote down
Antonyms
mark upincreaseraise
Related
markdownmarkupdiscountsalenotation
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