trade up
verb
traded up; trading up; trades up
1
: to trade 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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Boston would like to trade up in the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Kering shares were trading up 10.4% by 1:15 p.m. London time as investors and analysts cheered the reports.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 June 2025
Dallas Turner, edge, Minnesota Vikings Turner was the second player the Vikings acquired via trade up in April 2024.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 13 June 2025
That’s an awkward reality that became an obvious possible outcome as soon as the Giants traded up to draft Dart in the first round in late April.
—Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Kering shares were trading up 10.4% by 1:15 p.m. London time as investors and analysts cheered the reports.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 June 2025
Dallas Turner, edge, Minnesota Vikings Turner was the second player the Vikings acquired via trade up in April 2024.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 13 June 2025
That’s an awkward reality that became an obvious possible outcome as soon as the Giants traded up to draft Dart in the first round in late April.
—Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2025
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“Trade up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20up. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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