The phrase "adding a markup" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to pricing, finance, or programming, where an additional charge or percentage is applied to the base cost.
Example: "When calculating the final price for the product, don't forget about adding a markup to cover overhead costs."
Alternatives: "applying a surcharge" or "including an additional fee".
Setting lobster prices is not, in other words, a matter of just adding a markup to costs.
Each month, the subcontractor submits a bill for the employee's salary, adding a markup intended to cover the cost of health benefits, worker's compensation insurance, office rent and other overhead and provide a margin for profit.
When dealers sell a car and finance the transaction, they are able to earn revenue in several ways: through the car's sales price, the sale of add-on products and by adding a markup to the loan's interest rate for compensation.
(Granted, designers like me often work on commissions based on a percentage of construction and appliance costs -- 20percentt is typical -- and contractors customarily add a markup. The retail stores charge no design fees if you buy their merchandise).
Say, for example, a borrower's credit score qualifies him for a 60-month used car loan of $17,500 at 8 percent interest, but the dealer adds a markup of 2.5 percent.
The wholesale prices on the West Coast, for example, are often higher by $100 or more, because of extra transportation charges and because restaurants frequently have to buy from a distributor, who adds a markup, instead of directly from the importer.
–Celia Bland ALIBRIS www.alibris.com Alibris represents booksellers but, unlike ABE, adds a markup.
ALIBRIS www.alibris.com Alibris represents booksellers but, unlike abe, adds a markup.
Best of all they can add a markup to the cost, turning that content into a revenue stream.
The bureau's opponents said the CFPB indirectly went after auto dealers anyway, by accusing auto lenders of tolerating discrimination, since the lenders allow dealers to add a markup to consumer interest rates.
North proposed a $15 million markup, while contracted arms broker Ghorbanifar added a 41% markup of his own.
