upscale

From up +‎ scale, 1966 (adjective), 1963 (verb).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌpskeɪl/

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upscale (comparative more upscale, superlative most upscale)

1. (US, of a place) Expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers.

   Synonyms: upmarket, high-class

   Antonym: downscale

   • 1998, Sarah Susanka, Kira Obolensky, The not so so big house: a blueprint for the way we really live, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 147:

     For example, a good location for resale, such as an upscale suburb of new homes, will cost more money than a piece of land in an established neighborhood of small, postwar houses.

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013:

     In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.

upscale (third-person singular simple present upscales, present participle upscaling, simple past and past participle upscaled)

1. To increase in size, to scale up.

• upscaler

• capsule, laces up, scale up, scaleup, specula