"upmarket" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-upmarket.ogg [US] Forms: more upmarket [comparative], most upmarket [superlative]
Etymology: up- + market Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|market}} up- + market Head templates: {{en-adj}} upmarket (comparative more upmarket, superlative most upmarket)
  1. Designed for customers with a high income.
    Sense id: en-upmarket-en-adj-hdHSDk5~ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 38 28 34

Adverb

Audio: en-us-upmarket.ogg [US]
Etymology: up- + market Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|market}} up- + market Head templates: {{en-adv|?}} upmarket
  1. Towards the more expensive end of the market. Coordinate_terms: downmarket, midmarket
    Sense id: en-upmarket-en-adv-eFHHbnUu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 62 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 61 13 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 30 57 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 38 28 34

Verb

Audio: en-us-upmarket.ogg [US] Forms: upmarkets [present, singular, third-person], upmarketing [participle, present], upmarketed [participle, past], upmarketed [past]
Etymology: up- + market Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|market}} up- + market Head templates: {{en-verb}} upmarket (third-person singular simple present upmarkets, present participle upmarketing, simple past and past participle upmarketed)
  1. (transitive) To render or become upmarket. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-upmarket-en-verb-qjqAwNAK Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 38 28 34

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