the upper middle class

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• (the) upper middle class — the upper middle class [the upper middle class upper middle class] noun [sing+ sing/pl v] (also …   Useful english dictionary

• Upper middle class — The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term lower middle class used for the group at the other end of the middle class… …   Wikipedia

• Upper middle class in the United States — The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term lower middle class used for the group at the other end of the middle class… …   Wikipedia

• (the) lower middle class — the lower middle class [lower middle class the lower middle class] noun [sing+ sing/pl v] (also the lower middle classes [pl]) noun the class of people in British society, especially in the past, between ↑working class and ↑middle class, such as… …   Useful english dictionary

• upper middle class — n [sing + sing/pl v] (also the upper middle classes [pl]) the class of people in British society between the middle class and the upper class. Its members include people such as company directors, professors or barristers, who have a high social… …   Universalium

• upper middle class — noun a) A social and economic class lying above the lower middle class and below the upper class. b) the groups in society composed of highly educated professionals and middle managerial level workers. Syn: professional class See Also …   Wiktionary

• upper-middle-class — adjective occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑middle class …   Useful english dictionary

• upper middle class — noun the higher socio economic bracket of the middle class, typically professional people …  

• middle class — middle class, middle classes In many ways this is the least satisfactory term which attempts in one phrase to define a class sharing common work and market situations. The middle stratum of industrial societies has expanded so much in the last… …   Dictionary of sociology

• upper middle classes — the upper middle class [the upper middle class upper middle class] noun [sing+ sing/pl v] (also …   Useful english dictionary

• middle-class — the middle class UK US noun [S] (also the middle classes) ► ECONOMICS the social group that consists of well educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who are neither very rich nor very poor: lower/upper middle class »The upper… …   Financial and business terms