"upwards of" meaning in English

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          "text": "The cheap ones won't last, while a good quality product could cost upwards of $500.",
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          "ref": "1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 142, text published 1848:",
          "text": "\"[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes.\"",
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          "ref": "1958 June 4, “New Track Layout and Marshalling Yard at Barking”, in Railway Magazine, page 428:",
          "text": "Work commenced at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and continued without break until 4 a.m. on Monday morning, in the course of which three shifts of upwards of 90 men each and three steam cranes were employed.",
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        "More than; in excess of."
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          "word": "north of"
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          "roman": "poveče ot",
          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "повече от"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "přes"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "yli"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "ylöspäin"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "plus de"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "ponad"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "roman": "svýše",
          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "свы́ше"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "more than; in excess of",
          "word": "hacia arriba de"
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  "word": "upwards of"
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          "ref": "1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 142, text published 1848:",
          "text": "\"[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes.\"",
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        "More than; in excess of."
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "north of"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "poveče ot",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "повече от"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "přes"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "yli"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "ylöspäin"
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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "plus de"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "ponad"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "svýše",
      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "свы́ше"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "more than; in excess of",
      "word": "hacia arriba de"
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  "word": "upwards of"
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