That store only sells expensive items for the carriage trade.
carriage trade
idiomWealthy or upper-class people in general.
The new restaurant changed its menu to attract the carriage trade from the nearby luxury apartments.
By offering exclusive memberships and private viewings, the gallery successfully cultivated a loyal following among the local carriage trade.
- 01
skin trade
The sex industry
- 02
take out in trade
To accept repayment of a debt in the goods or services in which the debtor deals, rather than in money.
- 03
tools of trade
The items and equipment that a person uses in the course and scope of their profession, trade, or occupation.
- 04
trade hands
To change ownership.
- 05
trick of the trade
A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.