upmarket

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English

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Etymology

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From up- +‎ market.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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upmarket (comparative more upmarket, superlative most upmarket)

  1. Designed for customers with a high income.
    • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian[1]:
      Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.

Adverb

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upmarket

  1. Towards the more expensive end of the market.

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Verb

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upmarket (third-person singular simple present upmarkets, present participle upmarketing, simple past and past participle upmarketed)

  1. (transitive) To render or become upmarket.
    • 1992, Elizabeth Wilson, The Sphinx in the City, page 159:
      [] their flats and shops are upmarketed or pulled down to be replaced by hotels, offices and a privately owned park.