exorbitant
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
Archaic. outside the authority of the law.
Origin of exorbitant
1Other words for exorbitant
Opposites for exorbitant
Other words from exorbitant
- ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb
- un·ex·or·bi·tant, adjective
- un·ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb
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How to use exorbitant in a sentence
One of her tasks was directing baseball activities in the Dominican Republic, where for years local agents—called buscones—have skimmed off exorbitant portions of the signing bonuses awarded to young prospects.
How Kim Ng, Major League Baseball's First Female GM, Finally Got the Top Job | Sean Gregory | March 3, 2021 | TimeThis is a confused system driving up demand, not a real rateRegardless of whether guests are really being charged these rates, residents found the exorbitant prices unacceptable, especially when shelter is so limited.
The apps offer infrastructure to tackle delivery, while simultaneously employing suspect practices like charging exorbitant fees to the restaurants that use the services.
“We’ve seen exorbitant adoption in streaming services and hours spent in front of a television, whether that be linear or on demand or via streaming services,” said Anderson.
Deep Dive: Programmatic ends a strong 2020 as CTV, OTT and data privacy loom large in early 2021 | Jessica Rapp | January 5, 2021 | DigidayFor some reason, banks were not willing to offer these hedge funds repo loans, even at exorbitant rates.
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High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital By Will Doig exorbitant rents, the rise of Brooklyn, lazy millennials.
7 Must-Read Stories about Tim Cook, Amelia Earheart and Slut-o-Ween: The Best of The Beast | William Boot | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUltimately, the changing threat and enormous price tag doomed the program and only three ships will be built at exorbitant cost.
Can the Navy's $12 Billion Stealth Destroyer Stay Afloat? | Dave Majumdar | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt just feels a bit exorbitant or crass to write “Hitler” in a novel.
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Chloe Sevigny on ‘The Cosmopolitans,’ New York’s Frat Boy Takeover, and ‘Asshole’ Michael Alig | Marlow Stern | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA helping of free PR, all while skillfully avoiding the exorbitant day rate of British fashion model Daisy Lowe.
At a time when money might aspire to everything, the millionaire's dreams had nothing very exorbitant.
One criticism that has been made of this patent medicine is the exorbitant price charged for it.
You arrest the attention of the average man when you appeal to his purse; he resents paying an exorbitant price for anything.
But suppose the rents in Ireland were exorbitant, who would be to blame?
Thence he proceeded: 'Here is mischief, mischief in summo gradu, exorbitant mischief!'
Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing
British Dictionary definitions for exorbitant
/ (ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt) /
(of prices, demands, etc) in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate
Origin of exorbitant
1Derived forms of exorbitant
- exorbitance, noun
- exorbitantly, adverb
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