Word.ws English Dictionary

Waitrose effect

Waitrose effect proper noun: the observation that the opening of a Waitrose supermarket may increase property prices in the local area.

Proper noun

the Waitrose effect

  1. (informal) The observation that the opening of a Waitrose supermarket may increase property prices in the local area.
    • The stores are so iconic that in the UK, the "Waitrose effect" means that opening a new Waitrose & Partners store is likely to increase nearby property prices.2023, Arto Lindblom, Sensory Marketing in Retail, page 104

Questions about Waitrose effect

What does Waitrose effect mean?
Waitrose effect means the observation that the opening of a Waitrose supermarket may increase property prices in the local area.
What part of speech is Waitrose effect?
Waitrose effect is a proper noun.

Words near Waitrose effect in the dictionary

  1. waitressy
  2. waitrices
  3. waitrix
  4. waitron
  5. waitrons
  6. Waitrose effect
  7. Waitrosey
  8. waits
  9. waits a minute
  10. waits and sees
  11. waits around

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Waitrose effect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Waitrose effect.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/waitrose_effect. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.