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mark down

Idioms  

  1. Reduce the price of something, as in If they mark down these shoes, I'll buy two pairs. The mark here alludes to the label indicating a price. [Mid-1800s]

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Higher mortgage rates led NAR to mark down its sales forecast for the entire year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Private credit companies will have to sharply mark down their software investments.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

Those cars aren’t coming, and if they do arrive, investors should mark down the stocks of the companies trying to sell them.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Both jobs numbers and inflation figures have softened somewhat since the Fed's June meeting, prompting investors and some economists to mark down the chances of another rate increase this year.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

“Let me make sure to mark down this date on my calendar. I’ll celebrate it every year.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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