upmarket

[uhp-mahr-kit]

adjective

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

   upmarket fashions.

adverb

1. in an upmarket way.

Word History and Origins

Origin of upmarket¹

First recorded in 1970–75; up- + market

Example Sentences

A short drive up into the hills, there's a small pocket of woodland on the edge of an upmarket suburb that could reveal a terrible secret.

From BBC

In an old, neo-gothic building in Fort, an upmarket area in India's financial capital Mumbai, is a run-down office that produces one of country's oldest and most prominent Parsi magazines - Parsiana.

From BBC

The upmarket store Liberty London in Soho recently started to sell a small Topshop collection.

From BBC

Many of the upmarket brands that still build cars in this country deliberately trade on their British identity.

From BBC

But sales in those countries have in the main been peripatetic, with many firms only offering tastings or serving it in upmarket restaurants for short periods.

From BBC