MARK DOWN


Meaning of MARK DOWN in English

1.

If you mark something down , you write it down.

I tend to forget things unless I mark them down...

As he marks down the prices, he stops now and then to pack things into a large bag.

PHRASAL VERB : V n P , V P n (not pron)

2.

If you mark someone down as a particular type of person, especially a type that you do not like, you consider that they have the qualities which make them that type of person.

If he’d taken that five pounds, I would have marked him down as a greedy fool...

PHRASAL VERB : V n P as n

3.

To mark an item down or mark its price down means to reduce its price.

A toy store has marked down the Sonic Hedgehog computer game...

Clothes are the best bargain, with many items marked down.

= reduce

≠ mark up

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V-ed P , also V n P

4.

If a teacher marks a student down , the teacher puts a lower grade on the student’s work because of a mistake that has been made.

If you mark each other’s work, they don’t mark you down because then you can mark them down.

PHRASAL VERB : V n P

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