MARK (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) DOWN


Meaning of MARK (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) DOWN in English

mark somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ mark )

1 . to write something down, especially in order to keep a record:

Mark down everything you eat on your daily chart.

mark somebody/something down as something

The teacher marked him down as absent.

2 . to reduce the price of something OPP mark up ⇨ markdown :

Winter coats have been marked down from $80 to $50.

3 . especially British English to give a student a lower result in a test, paper etc because they have made mistakes:

Students will be marked down for failing to follow directions.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.