Antonyms for mark down


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mahrk
Phonetic Transcription : mɑrk


Definition of mark down

Origin :
  • "to put a mark on," Old English mearcian (West Saxon), merciga (Anglian) "to trace out boundaries," from Proto-Germanic *markojanan (cf. Old Norse merkja, Old Saxon markon, Old Frisian merkia, Old High German marchon, German merken "to mark, note," Middle Dutch and Dutch merken), from the root of mark (n.1).
  • Influenced by Scandinavian cognates. Meaning "to have a mark" is from c.1400; that of "to notice, observe" is late 14c. Meaning "to put a numerical price on an object for sale" led to verbal phrase mark down (1859). Mark time (1833) is from military drill. Related: Marked; marking. Old French merchier "to mark, note, stamp, brand" is a Germanic loan-word.
  • As in lower : verb reduce, minimize
  • As in pare : verb peel, trim
  • As in price : verb assess financial value
  • As in record : verb write down; store information
  • As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
  • As in slash : verb reduce greatly
  • As in tally : verb add up; count, record
  • As in write off : verb devalue; forget about
  • As in cut back : verb economize
  • As in cheapen : verb diminish worth
  • As in decry : verb criticize, blame
  • As in depreciate : verb devalue, lose value
  • As in devalue : verb depreciate
  • As in discount : verb lower, reduce cost
  • As in downgrade : verb lower in opinion or rank
Example sentences :
  • Those I find untrustworthy I mark down, and they will be dealt with rigorously.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • Do you mean 'mark down,' as they say at the shops, all your greatest claims?
  • Extract from : « The Outcry » by Henry James
  • The trackers might mark down the locality where the prisoner was hidden.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
  • Suppose I start off now, sir, and mark down one or two of the primest.
  • Extract from : « The Yeoman Adventurer » by George W. Gough
  • He will get on to Paris, mark down our luggage, and wait for two days at the depot.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes » by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He might aim at a lamp-post and hit the town hall clock; he might mark down a burglar and destroy the wife of his affections.
  • Extract from : « The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories » by Arnold Bennett
  • When the site of a new settlement is selected, an Ojha is called in to identify and mark down the deities of the place.
  • Extract from : « The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. I (of 2) » by W. Crooke
  • Get a book in which you will mark down your expenses; for, mark me, you must render a strict account of this money.
  • Extract from : « The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain » by William Carleton
  • All you have to do, however, is to sound the men, and mark down those who seem zealous.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 » by John Gibson Lockhart
  • What do you mean, Mrs. Brown, by tagging my hens until they look like a mark down sale?
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 » by Various

Synonyms for mark down

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