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upmarket

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up⋅mar⋅ket

[uhp-mahr-kit]
–adjective
1. appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
–adverb
2. in an upmarket way.

Origin:
1970–75; up- + market
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up·mar·ket   (ŭp'mär'kĭt)   
adj.  Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" (New Yorker).
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