Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale.
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- adjective
designed forcustomers with ahigh income - adverb towards the more
expensive end of the market
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective designed for consumers with high incomes
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Examples
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That's fine, except when you find out how much the Exec types are earning, watch them waste money on yet another junket either here or overseas, live in upmarket suburbs, and so on.
giving it away for free Another Outspoken Female 2009
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They were stubborn and didnt addapt their European business modell, while Wall-Mart went a lot more upmarket from the start.
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I've rarely seen so many black lacquered surfaces outside certain upmarket Japanese restaurants.
On the road: Citroën DS3 1.6 THP DSport Andrew Anthony 2010
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Housing all MPs in upmarket student halls of residence
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Housing all MPs in upmarket student halls of residence Not a sheep 2008
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Housing all MPs in upmarket student halls of residence
Housing all MPs in upmarket student halls of residence Not a sheep 2008
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People stare at her, abuse her in Hindi and touch her, even in so called upmarket areas like Khan Market, †™ †™ said Somit Das,
The Times of India 2008
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People stare at her, abuse her in Hindi and touch her, even in so called upmarket areas like Khan Market, †™ †™ said Somit Das,
The Times of India 2008
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And while they might be a bit "upmarket" for a GT, how bad could the whole thing look?
The Big Picture: Taking It All In BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The Window Lickers over at GuF's will probably think this is some kind of upmarket Readers' Wives effort, but it certainly is not.
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