trade up
verb
traded up; trading up; trades up
1
: to trade something in (something, such as an automobile) for something more expensive or valuable of its kind
2
: to stock or purchase higher-priced items
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After selecting Florida State edge rusher Jared Verse in the first round of the draft, and trading up to pick Seminoles defensive tackle Braden Fiske in the second, the Rams chose Corum with the 83rd pick.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
If buying a home is an inexorable part of the American dream, so is the next step: eventually selling that home and using the equity to trade up to something bigger.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 2 June 2024
Bitcoin, in turn, notched an all-time-high in March and was trading up 46% year-to-date at $64,000 as of Wednesday.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Reese — who the Sky traded up to select No. 7 in this year’s WNBA draft — wore Marco Capaldo 16Arlington.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
The Dow quickly jumped more than 500 points after markets opened, before giving some of those gains back to trade up 363 points, or almost 1%, by mid-morning.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 3 May 2024
Relatively high interest rates exacerbate the problem by preventing existing homeowners from trading up or downsizing and taking on new mortgages, further restricting supply.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
Teams have to a pay a premium to trade up into the top-5 and draft a quarterback.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Others see Maye’s landing spot scattered throughout the top of the first round — from dipping outside of the top five picks to being the apple of the eye of a team trading up into that same range.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
If buying a home is an inexorable part of the American dream, so is the next step: eventually selling that home and using the equity to trade up to something bigger.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 2 June 2024
Bitcoin, in turn, notched an all-time-high in March and was trading up 46% year-to-date at $64,000 as of Wednesday.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Reese — who the Sky traded up to select No. 7 in this year’s WNBA draft — wore Marco Capaldo 16Arlington.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
The Dow quickly jumped more than 500 points after markets opened, before giving some of those gains back to trade up 363 points, or almost 1%, by mid-morning.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 3 May 2024
Relatively high interest rates exacerbate the problem by preventing existing homeowners from trading up or downsizing and taking on new mortgages, further restricting supply.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
Teams have to a pay a premium to trade up into the top-5 and draft a quarterback.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Others see Maye’s landing spot scattered throughout the top of the first round — from dipping outside of the top five picks to being the apple of the eye of a team trading up into that same range.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Trade up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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