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adjective

located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.

luxurious, costly, or elegant.

verb (used with object)

to improve the quality, value, or rating of: a five-year plan to upscale the neighborhood.

noun

( used with a plural verb ) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the ): shops that only the upscale can afford to patronize.

Origin:
1970–75, Americanism; up- + scale³

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upscale

—*adj*
1.	of or for the upper end of an economic or social scale; up-market

—vb
2.	(tr) to increase the scale of

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upscale

1966, "at the higher end of a scale, superior," from up + noun derivative of scale (v.).

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"You need an infinite stretch of time ahead of you to start to think, infinite energy to make the smallest decision. The world is getting denser. The immense number of useless projects is bewildering. Too many things have to be put in to balance up an uncertain scale. You can't disappear anymore. You die in a state of total indecision."

-Jean Baudrillard

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