UPMARKET

upmarket

(adjective) designed for consumers with high incomes; “he turned up in well-cut clothes...and upmarket felt hats”- New Yorker

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

upmarket (comparative more upmarket, superlative most upmarket)

Designed for customers with a high income.

Adverb

upmarket

Towards the more expensive end of the market.

Antonyms

• downmarket

Coordinate terms

• downmarket

• midmarket

Verb

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

To make or become upmarket.

Source: Wiktionary



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