upmarket

American  

[uhp-mahr-kit] / ˈʌpˌmɑr kɪt /

adjective

1. appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible.

   upmarket fashions.

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adverb

1. in an upmarket way.

Etymology

Origin of upmarket

First recorded in 1970–75; up- + market

Example Sentences

The latest charges against him relate to a woman from the upmarket Frogner area of Oslo, who he was banned from contacting at the time.

From BBC

In the more upmarket north of Tehran, many residents appeared to have left, with the meowing of cats and birdsong replacing the usual din of traffic jams.

From Barron's

“Complacency is a killer,” he told a crowd of about 50 last week at On the Kirb, an organic sports bar in the upmarket Houston neighborhood of Upper Kirby.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some 58% of foreign buyers in Portugal are from the U.S., and house prices have doubled in five years in some of the upmarket historical districts.

From The Wall Street Journal

A neighbour found Alexander Blue badly injured on the driveway of his home on Dundonald Road in the upmarket Dowanhill area.

From BBC