Meaning of EXPENSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ik'spensiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" |
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| | Synonyms: | | big-ticket(a), costly, dear(p), dearly-won, high-priced, high-ticket(a), overpriced, pricey, pricy |
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| | Antonyms: | | cheap, inexpensive | | |
| | See Also: | | valuable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | cheap, costly, dear, dear-bought, extravagant, fancy, high, high-priced, immoderate, luxurious, not affordable, of great cost, overpriced, precious, premium, priced, priceless, pricey, rich, steep, stiff, sumptuous, thrifty, top, uneconomical, unpayable, valuable |
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