down-market

down-mar·ket

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [doun mahr-kit]
- /daʊn ˈmɑr kɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [doun mahr-kit]
- /daʊn ˈmɑr kɪt/

Definitions of down-market word

adjective down-market appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible. 1
adverb down-market in a down-market way. 1
adjective down-market relating to commercial products, services, etc, that are cheap, have little prestige, or are poor in quality 0
abbreviation DOWN-MARKET downscale 0

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Origin of down-market

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Down-market

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Down-market

down-market popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.