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exorbitance

[ ig-zawr-bi-tuhns ]

/ ɪgˈzɔr bɪ təns /

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noun

the quality of being exorbitant; excessiveness.

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Sometimes ex·or·bi·tan·cy .

Origin of exorbitance

1400–50; late Middle English exorbitaunce;see exorbitant, -ance

Words nearby exorbitance

exoplasm, exopodite, exopterygote, exor., exorable, exorbitance, exorbitant, exorcise, exorcism, exorcist, exorcize

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Example sentences from the Web for exorbitance

Unrea′son, lack of reason; Unrea′sonableness, the state or quality of being unreasonable: exorbitance.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others.
English Synonyms and Antonyms|James Champlin Fernald
It was borne upon them that this exorbitance, a strange incident in their own lives, was to these others a daily occurrence.
The Furnace|Rose Macaulay
The intolerable oppression upon trade, from the exorbitance of wages and insolence of mariners, would be taken off.
An Essay upon Projects|Daniel Defoe

The treaty meets with difficulties in the ratification,—perhaps the exorbitance of the price may occasion them.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. I (of 9)|Thomas Jefferson

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