expensive

(ĭk-spĕn'sĭv)
adj.

1. Requiring a large expenditure; costly.
2. Marked by high prices: expensive stores.

expensively ex·pen'sive·ly adv.
expensiveness ex·pen'sive·ness n.

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adjective

Bringing a high price: costly, dear, high, high-priced. See transactions, value/worthlessness/evaluation.

adj

Definition: high-priced
Antonyms: cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable

IN BRIEF: Costing much or having a high price.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. — Derek Bok.

Tutor's tip: She was in an "expansive" (able to expand) mood after her success so she bought the "expensive" (high-priced) champagne.

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• Economics and Economic Theory - expensive: (adj) high in cost or price

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dyr, flot

Nederlands (Dutch)
duur

Français (French)
adj. - coûteux, cher, dispendieux, de luxe, onéreux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - teuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακριβός, δαπανηρός, πολυδάπανος, πολυέξοδος

Italiano (Italian)
caro, costoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - caro

Русский (Russian)
дорогой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - caro, costoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dyr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贵的, 费用浩大的, 奢华的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 貴的, 費用浩大的, 奢華的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 값비싼

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 高価な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غالي الثمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יקר, בעל עלות גבוהה‬

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