1. A raise in the price of an item for sale.
2. An amount added to a cost price in calculating a selling price, especially an amount that takes into account overhead and profit.
3. A session of a U.S. congressional committee at which a legislative bill is put into final form.
4. 1. The collection of detailed stylistic instructions written on a manuscript that is to be typeset.
   2. Computer Science. The collection of tags that describe the specifications of an electronic document, as for formatting.

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