expensive

Expensive, costly, dear, high-priced apply to something that is high in price. Expensive is applied to whatever entails considerable expense; it suggests a price more than the average person would normally be able to pay or a price paid only for something special: an expensive automobile. Costly implies that the price is a large sum, usually because of the fineness, preciousness, etc., of the object: a costly jewel. Dear is commonly applied in England to something that is selling beyond its usual or just price. In the U.S., high-priced is the usual equivalent.

OTHER WORDS FROM expensive

ex·pen·sive·ly, adverbex·pen·sive·ness, nounqua·si-ex·pen·sive, adjectivequa·si-ex·pen·sive·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH expensive

expansive, expensive

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Complying with the new bill could be costly to companies, especially in the textile industry, where cotton gets woven into garments around the world, making it difficult and expensive to trace.
Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China|Reed Albergotti|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
They’ve become only more expensive to put on — the cost of insurance and travel and shipping.
Plight at the Museum|Jen Trolio|November 20, 2020|Vox
That amounted to almost $19 per test, more expensive than some tests that had become available domestically.
Hogan’s first batch of coronavirus tests from South Korea were flawed, never used|Steve Thompson|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
This is not an offseason with monstrously expensive superstars such as Harper, Anthony Rendon, Stephen Strasburg, Gerrit Cole and Manny Machado.
The Nationals have been forgotten by baseball. Don’t expect that to last.|Thomas M. Boswell|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

There was a time where the unions were requesting everyone get tested, but agencies and clients were not at the point where they wanted to pay for it because it is the most expensive part Covid costs.
‘Logistical issues’: Confessions of a production exec on how coronavirus safety has changed her job|Kristina Monllos|November 18, 2020|Digiday
The expensiveness of your apparel is not of much importance, but its freshness and cleanliness are indispensable.
Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness|Arthur Martine
The marks of expensiveness come to be accepted as beautiful features of the expensive articles.
The Theory of the Leisure Class|Thorstein Veblen
Tournaments were also interdicted on account of their expensiveness.
The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2)|Charles Mills
He had a genius for estimating the values of land, the expensiveness of drainage, and the possibilities of the market.
The Evolution of the Country Community|Warren H. Wilson
No, not for the world; what man of sense would bear the insolences, the petulances, the expensiveness of a wife!
Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for expensive

expensive

/ (ɪkˈspɛnsɪv) /

adjective

high-priced; costly; dear

Derived forms of expensive

expensively, adverbexpensiveness, noun

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