upmarket

adjective

up·​mar·​ket ˈəp-ˈmär-kət How to pronounce upmarket (audio)
upmarket adverb

Examples of upmarket in a Sentence

an upmarket restaurant that is quite pricey but also quite good
Recent Examples on the Web But the Ariya's axles are farther apart, and the inherent packaging properties of an electric powertrain mean that the Ariya's interior volume is closer to Nissan's larger, more upmarket Murano. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023 This week, the upmarket Australian fashion house Zimmerman was bought by the private equity firm Advent in a deal worth $1 billion. Ordyn Holman and Elizabeth Paton, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023 His dinners often featured delicacies that were exotic even by upmarket Roman standards, such as camels’ heels and flamingos’ brains. Mary Beard, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 In 2022 some auto manufacturers – mainly upmarket German ones - managed to exploit the difficulties posed by a lack of semiconductors. Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 At the same time, these elements are among the upmarket touches that catch the eyes of traditional buyers. Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023 But while young artists aren’t flocking to apprentice at their workshops and batik factories, Ms. Mohammed and Mr. Ranasinghe are grateful to a new generation of upmarket fashion designers who seem to be taking an interest in their craft. Zinara Rathnayake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2023 The parent company of Lacoste is on the hunt for acquisitions to expand its portfolio of brands after the upmarket French label reported record annual sales. Nick Kostov, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023 Videos circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN appeared to show the vehicle, a black SUV, plowing through pedestrians on two separate crossings in the four-way intersection in a busy, upmarket commercial district of the city of 19 million. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of upmarket was in 1972

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“Upmarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upmarket. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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