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expensive - 4 dictionary results

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


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.
ex·pen·sive   (ĭk-spěn'sĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Requiring a large expenditure; costly.
  2. Marked by high prices: expensive stores.
ex·pen'sive·ly adv., ex·pen'sive·ness n.

Expensive

Ex*pen"sive\, a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

War is expensive, and peace desirable. --Burke.

2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.]

An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. --Sprat.

The idle and expensive are dangerous. --Sir W. Temple.

Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*pen"sive*ness, n.
Language Translation for : expensive
Spanish: caro,
German: teuer,
Japanese: 高価な

expensive

Of, relating to, or being a security that sells at a market price above what is expected, given fundamental factors such as earnings, assets, and management ability. Deciding whether a security is expensive is a subjective judgment. Compare cheap.

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