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extravagance

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ex⋅trav⋅a⋅gance

  [ik-strav-uh-guhns]
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–noun
1. excessive or unnecessary expenditure or outlay of money.
2. an instance of this: That sports car is an inexcusable extravagance.
3. unrestrained or fantastic excess, as of actions or opinions.
4. an extravagant action, notion, etc.: the extravagances one commits in moments of stress.
Origin:
1635–45; < F, MF; see extravagant, -ance

Synonyms:
3. lavishness, profusion.

Antonyms:
1. frugality.
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ex·trav·a·gance   (ĭk-strāv'ə-gəns)   
n.  

  1. The quality of being extravagant.

  2. Immoderate expense or display.

  3. Something extravagant. See Synonyms at luxury.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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