DOWNMARKET


Meaning of DOWNMARKET in English

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a downmarket image British English , a downscale image American English (= cheap and not good quality )

The store has struggled to break away from its downmarket image.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Everything that the east village - the downmarket part of the Voice's patch - wasn't.

Samsung has been trying to discard its somewhat downmarket image for some time.

II. adverb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

The Opera House specialised in drama for nine years - and then went downmarket .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.