upmarket

comparative more upmarket · superlative most upmarket

1. economicsDesigned for customers with a high income.

   Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.

   2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian

1. Towards the more expensive end of the market.

   The hotel seems to have gone upmarket.

present singular third person upmarkets · participle present upmarketing · participle past upmarketed · past upmarketed

1. transitiveTo render or become upmarket.

   […] their flats and shops are upmarketed or pulled down to be replaced by hotels, offices and a privately owned park.

   1992, Elizabeth Wilson, The Sphinx in the City, page 159