the quality
The upper class, the high society, the gentryThe upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality.
» The quality of rice is getting worse.
Качество риса ухудшается.
Якість рису погіршується.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, archaic, idiomatic, plural, plural only)The upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality.
20 July 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their travelling habits.
Examples
180 sentencesThe quality of rice is getting worse.
Якість рису погіршується.
ruКачество риса ухудшается.
The price is low, but the quality isn't very good.
Ціна низька, але якість не дуже добра.
ruЦена низкая, но качество не очень хорошее.
deDer Preis ist niedrig, aber die Qualität ist nicht sehr gut.
These products are of the same quality.
deDiese Produkte sind von gleicher Qualität.
He did a check on the quality.
We only buy the very best quality.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From quality (“high social position”).From quality (“high social position”).
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