trade up

trade up
intransitive verb
: to stock, promote the sale of, or purchase higher priced merchandise or property

a big opportunity to trade up into higher price lines … is seen by Buffalo housedress buyers — Women's Wear Daily

a certain percentage of the customers who come into a store … to buy the leader end by trading up and purchasing a higher-priced product — J.G.Lippincott

a homeowner who wants to move or trade upTime

: to persuade (a customer) to purchase a higher-priced item

showing her the better garment … helps trade a good many of them up and out of the price bracket they had intended to stay within — Dry Goods Journal


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  • trade — 1 n 1 a: the business or work in which one engages regularly b: an occupation requiring manual or mechanical skill c: the persons engaged in an occupation 2: the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities 3: an act or instance of… …   Law dictionary

  • trade-in — ˈtrade in noun [countable, uncountable] COMMERCE a way of buying a new car, computer etc in which you give the seller your old car etc as part of the payment; = part Bre: • A dealer may accept old equipment as a trade in on a new computer. • They …   Financial and business terms

  • trade-in — n AmE a used car, piece of equipment etc that you give to a seller of a new one that you are buying as part of the payment British Equivalent: part exchange ▪ Are you going to give your Ford as a trade in? trade in price/value ▪ The trade in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Trade — Trade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Traded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trading}.] 1. To barter, or to buy and sell; to be engaged in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trade — Trade, v. t. To sell or exchange in commerce; to barter. [1913 Webster] They traded the persons of men. Ezek. xxvii. 13. [1913 Webster] To dicker and to swop, to trade rifles and watches. Cooper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trade-in — trade ins N COUNT: oft N n A trade in is an arrangement in which someone buys something such as a new car or washing machine at a reduced price by giving their old one, as well as money, in payment. ...the trade in value of the car. Syn: part… …   English dictionary

  • Trade — Trade, obs. imp. of {Tread}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trade — est un thriller américano allemand de Peter Landesman réalisé par Marco Kreuzpaintner en 2007. Synopsis Quand Adriana, une jeune fille de 13 ans, est kidnappée au Mexique par des trafiquants d un réseau de prostitution, son frère Jorge entame une …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Trade-in — (трейд ин)[источник не указан 283 дня]  обмен бывшего в эксплуатации автомобиля на новый или другой автомобиль с пробегом[источник не указан 283 дня]. Предоставление услуги Услуга предоставляется… …   Википедия

  • Trade — (engl., spr. trēd), Handel, Gewerbe; Trade Dollar, im ostasiatischen Handel die englische Bezeichnung des altspanischen Piasters und seiner Nachbildungen; vgl. auch Dollar. Trademark, Fabrikzeichen; Trades sales (spr. trēds ßēls), im englischen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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