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• Gentrification — and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people ( gentry ) acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities.[1] Urban gentrification is associated with movement. Consequent to gentrification,… …   Wikipedia

• gentrify — gen‧tri‧fy [ˈdʒentrfaɪ] verb gentrified PTandPP [transitive] be gentrified PROPERTY if an area of a city where poor people live is gentrified, people with more money go to live there, and the buildings are improved and become more expensive as a …   Financial and business terms

• gentrification — by 1977, from GENTRIFY (Cf. gentrify) on model of qualification, etc …   Etymology dictionary

• gentrification — gentrify gen‧tri‧fy [ˈdʒentrfaɪ] verb gentrified PTandPP [transitive] be gentrified PROPERTY if an area of a city where poor people live is gentrified, people with more money go to live there, and the buildings are improved and become more… …   Financial and business terms

• gentrify — ► VERB (gentrifies, gentrified) ▪ renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle class taste. DERIVATIVES gentrification noun gentrifier noun …   English terms dictionary

• gentrify — [jen′tri fī΄] vt. gentrified, gentrifying [< GENTRY + FY] 1. to convert (a deteriorated or aging area in a city) into a more affluent middle class neighborhood, as by remodeling dwellings, resulting in increased property values and in… …   English World dictionary

• gentrification — gentrify ► VERB (gentrifies, gentrified) ▪ renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle class taste. DERIVATIVES gentrification noun gentrifier noun …   English terms dictionary

• gentrify — gentrifier, n. /jen treuh fuy /, v., gentrified, gentrifying. v.t. 1. to improve (a neighborhood) by gentrification. v.i. 2. to undergo gentrification: Some neighborhoods gentrify more easily than others. [1970 75; GENTRY + FY] * * * …   Universalium

• gentrification — UK [ˌdʒentrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] the process by which an area of a city where poor people live becomes an area where middle class people live, as they buy the houses and repair them Derived word: gentrify UK [ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ] / US… …   English dictionary

• gentrify — verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle class aspirations gentrify a row of old houses gentrify the old center of town • Derivationally related forms: ↑gentrification • Hypernyms: ↑refurbish, ↑renovate, ↑freshen up …   Useful english dictionary

• gentrify — [[t]ʤe̱ntrɪfaɪ[/t]] gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified VERB: usu passive When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money… …   English dictionary