markdown

A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.

Proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Markdown, a lightweight markup language.
    • By using markdown, you can get other non-tech savvy contributors to easily write posts for your blog. - 2020, Antonio Melé, Django 3 By Example […] , 3rd edition, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 74:

Origin

Deverbal from mark down. The computing sense is a pun on markup (language).

Noun

  1. A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
    • Near-synonym: special

    Synonyms: discount special

    Antonyms: markup

Forms

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