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UPSCALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does upscale mean?
• UPSCALE (adjective)
The adjective UPSCALE has 1 sense:
1. appropriate for people with good incomes
Familiarity information: UPSCALE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Appropriate for people with good incomes
Context example:
an upscale motel
Similar:
upmarket (designed for consumers with high incomes)
Context examples
Leo also rules fine imported chocolates, fine wines, champagne and liquors, upscale spas, yachts, private planes, expensive, custom automobiles, castles, condos, and co-ops. You get the idea.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You might want to go back to the gym in the last week of December, and thanks to an influx of sterling assignments, you will be able to afford membership in an upscale gym—you will find going there quite motivating and fun.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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