1. reductions in the selling price of goods, typically to clear inventory or attract customers
Usage: business; retail
2. a lightweight markup language used for formatting plain text documents
Usage: computing; technical

Examples

• The store offered significant markdowns on winter clothing in March.
• Retailers use markdowns to move slow-selling merchandise.
• The markdown on electronics reached 40% during the clearance sale.
• She waited for the seasonal markdowns before buying new furniture.
• The documentation was written in Markdown format.
• Many websites use Markdown for content creation.
• The blog platform supports Markdown for easy text formatting.