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expensive

  • adjective
  • ex·pen·sive
  • /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

Having a high price or cost.

Other meanings

  1. Taking a lot of system time or resources.

    “an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm”

  2. Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

Related words

  • nonexpensive
  • spenno
  • superexpensive
  • ultraexpensive
  • unexpensive
  • expensively
  • expensiveness
  • inexpensive
  • expensive drunk
  • it's too expensive
  • spensive
  • expenny

Example sentences

  • “Aluminum foil is more expensive than plastic wrap.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Has the market been more expensive lately?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “This site is selling tails that move, but they're expensive.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “expensive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.