trade down

trade down
intransitive verb
: to stock or purchase lower priced merchandise or property

start the season with better goods and then trade downWomen's Wear Daily

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trade down
trade

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ˌtrade ˈdown [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they trade down he/she/it trades down present participle trading down past tense traded down past participle traded down] phrasal verb
to sell something in order to buy something of the same kind that is less expensive
Thesaurus: to sell somethingsynonym
Main entry: trade

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trade down (or up)
sell something in order to buy something similar but less (or more) expensive

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trade down [phrasal verb]
: to sell something you own and buy a similar thing that costs less money

They traded down to a smaller house after their children had grown up and moved away.

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Main Entry:trade

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ˌtrade ˈdown derived
to spend less money on things than you used to

Shoppers are trading down and looking for bargains.

Main entry:tradederived

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