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upmarket en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From up- + market.

Meanings

1. Designed for customers with a high income.
   • 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. 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:

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upmarket en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From up- + market.

Meanings

1. Towards the more expensive end of the market.
   • The hotel seems to have gone upmarket.

Antonyms

downmarket

Coordinates

downmarket · mid-market

Deriveds

upmarketness

upmarket en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From up- + market.

Meanings

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

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