Definitions for "Trading up"
Buying a home that is more expensive than one's current house.
Selling where the salesperson persuades the customer to buy a more expensive item or a larger quantity than originally intended.
Act of a homeowner selling a home considered to be of lower value in exchange for the purchase of a home considered to be of greater worth.
The process of moving consumption to higher priced versions of a product.
The practice of improving an offering by adding new features and higher quality materials or adding products or services to increase the purchase price.
The process of a customer purchasing a higher quality product than originally planned, several products instead of one, or more of the same product.
Keywords:  upgrade, perceived, better, stop, start
(v) - – to stop dating/seeing one person in order to start seeing someone else, perceived as much better/an upgrade