carriage trade

Noun

Meaning

trade from upper-class customers

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

prime gentry hall of fame best society quality salon choice establishment elite nobility fat flower cream elect

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Antonyms

dregs commonalty low-class

Hypernyms

commerce commercialism mercantilism

Examples

In 1896, a thriving carriage trade prompted Henry Ford to build his first automobile in a rented workshop on Mack Avenue. Source: Internet

The area not having previously been named, the city authorities called it Longacre Square after Long Acre in London, where the horse and carriage trade in that city was centered. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carriage return character carriage spring carriage top carriage used for transporting mail carriage with beds carriage with sleeper service