markdown

See also: mark down

English

Etymology

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

Noun

markdown (plural markdowns)

  1. A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.

Proper noun

markdown

  1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of Markdown, a lightweight markup language.
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