In other words, let's ask whether my dry cleaner is exploiting female customers through higher markups.

The lots also have a reputation for selling old, cheap cars at high markups.

The dealer, in turn, steers the client toward cars that can be sold with higher markups.

Sometimes the high markups can be explained by high overhead costs associated with a particular line of products.

Hard liquor, while still a mini-bar staple because of its higher markup, did not make the top 10 sales list.

People have been paying high markups on items like these for years.

On the other hand, I don't understand why "higher markup" was used as a significant measure of anything in the first place...

Executives at several top production houses said they had never heard of markups as high as 50 percent.

Wine: Large international list particularly strong in Bordeaux, average to high markups.

That has allowed refineries to charge higher markups for gasoline and other refined products.