The term Mark-up refers to________________?
Correct answer: C. Both of them
- A. Rise in the price of an item for sale
- B. An amount added to cost price in calculating selling price
- C. Both of them
- D. All of them
Explanation
A mark-up is the amount added to the cost price to obtain the selling price, and it represents the resulting increase over cost. Thus both descriptions express the idea of a mark-up.
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