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luxury (hizman); boutique (weird); one-off (ad_notam); highly select (Bullfinch); rarefied (Sergei Aprelikov); posh (elegant or stylishly luxurious: a posh hotel | I'll have to look posh ▪ Brit. typical of or belonging to the upper class: she had a posh accent. Origin: early 20th cent.: perhaps from slang posh, denoting a dandy. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India). NODE Alexander Demidov); up-scale (At the higher end of a (social) scale; superior, of a high quality; ‘up-market'. 1975 New Yorker 1 Dec. 44/1 A lot of advertising people don't think jazz fans have that all-important rage to consume. They don't think the jazz audience is ‘up-scale' enough. 1977 P. Strevens New Orientations Teaching of English xiii. 163 The up-scale lab has all typical facilities, plus full remote control of each student machine. 1983 Chicago Sun-Times 24 Nov. 110 ‘20-20' generally finishes behind ‘Hill Street', whose up~scale audience it shares. OED Alexander Demidov); semiprivate (NataliaU); customized (Svetozar); one of a kind |
| Игорь Миг |
one-of-a-kind; behind-the-scenes (подробности) |
| амер. |
up-market (13.05); upscale (Alexander Demidov) |
| бизн. |
exclusive; upmarket (Relatively expensive and designed to appeal to affluent consumers: an upmarket ski resort upmarket boutiques More example sentences They were forced to move out of their home in the upmarket Morningside area of Edinburgh. This was no ordinary place; it was an upmarket historic inn and its chef clearly knew his stuff. Baqueira is an upmarket Pyrenean ski resort frequented by the Spanish royal family. ODE Alexander Demidov); high-end (of very good quality and usually expensive: high end cars/clothing/computers/fashion "The company's high-end fashion features items like $500 shirts. "high-end products/merchandise/brands "high-end apartments/homes/hotels used to describe a business that makes or sells expensive products: a high-end department store/designer/retailer "Improvements to low-cost, commodity products really threaten high-end manufacturers. CBED Alexander Demidov) |
| тур. |
the only (financial-engineer) |
| фин. |
unparalleled (IrinaPol) |
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