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ex·pen·sive 
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| entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly: an expensive party. |
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ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb
ex·pen·sive·ness, noun
—Synonyms 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.
—Antonyms cheap, low-priced.
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| ex·pen·sive
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adj.
ex·pen'sive·ly adv., ex·pen'sive·ness n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| expensive | |
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| high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" [ant: cheap] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
exˈpensive [-siv] adjective
costing a great deal
Example: expensive clothes
See also: at the expense of, expenditure, expense, expenses, expendExample: expensive clothes
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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