ex-pensive

[ik-spen-siv]

ex·pen·sive

[ik-spen-siv]
adjective
entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly: an expensive party.

Origin:
1620–30; expense + -ive

ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb
ex·pen·sive·ness, noun
qua·si-ex·pen·sive, adjective
qua·si-ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb

expansive, expensive (see synonym note at the current entry).


Expensive, costly, dear, high-priced apply to something that is high in price. Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special: an expensive automobile. Costly implies that the price is a large sum, usually because of the fineness, preciousness, etc., of the object: a costly jewel. Dear is commonly applied in England to something that is selling beyond its usual or just price. In the U.S., high-priced is the usual equivalent.


cheap, low-priced.

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