priceypric‧ey, pricy /ˈpraɪsi/ adjective 
Examples
The clothes are beautiful but very pricey.► see thesaurus at expensive
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Let's not eat here - it's too pricey.
- The food's great, but it's a little pricey.
- The tickets were kind of pricey, but the show was good.
- Fallow deer, he says, are less pricey - a buck will fetch around £4-500, a doe about £80-90.
- I called over the smart and snooty shop assistant to ask why such a pricey outfit sported such ` crinkles'.
- It used to be that Quattro was a pricey model, not just a reasonably priced option.
- Nearby, DayStar Digital was selling its pricier, super-performance Mac clones for high-end publishing and editing.
- Owners of a Tempe foundry never worried about thieves stealing the pricey sculptures in their art garden.
- Software written to ToolChest will be able to bypass pricey compliance testing on all the various Sparc boxes.
- Unlike its pricey neighbors, Vail and Aspen, Glenwood Springs is mostly undiscovered by the hordes.
- Where to Stay Hotels are excellent but pricey.
THESAURUS► expensive
Collocations costing a lot of money: · an expensive car· Apartments in the city are very expensive.· An underground train system is expensive to build.
► high costing a lot of money. You use high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use expensive with these words: · Rents are very high in this area.· Lawyers charge high fees.· the high cost of living in Japan
► dear [not before noun] British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price: · £3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee.
► pricey informal expensive: · The clothes are beautiful but pricey.
► costly expensive in a way that wastes money: · Upgrading the system would be very costly.· They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle.
► cost a fortune informal to be very expensive: · The necklace must have cost a fortune!
► exorbitant much too expensive: · Some accountants charge exorbitant fees.
► astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely high: · the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft· the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats· The cost of living is astronomical.
► overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: · The DVDs were vastly overpriced.
► somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something: · Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools.
Longman Language Activatorexpensive► expensive something that is expensive costs a lot of money, more than other things of the same type: · She spends most of her money on expensive clothes.· Do you have any less expensive cameras?· Taxis are so expensive - that's why I usually take the bus.expensive to make/run/buy etc: · Movies are incredibly expensive to make these days.
► cost a lot (of money) especially spoken if something, especially something you do, costs a lot it is expensive: · I managed to find the bike I wanted but it cost a lot.· It costs a lot of money to go to medical school, you know.cost a lot (of money) to do something: · Did it cost a lot to fly to Rio?
► high if the price or cost of something is high , it costs a lot: · Rents in central London are very high.· The cost of living is higher in Denmark than in Germany.· Increased production costs will mean higher prices for consumers.
► costly a plan, activity etc that is costly is too expensive and wastes money - used especially about plans carried out by governments or companies: · The finance committee rejected their plan because they said it was too costly.· Caring for the park's swans is a costly business - roughly $26,600 per year.costly mistake: · Buying all those computers was a costly mistake.
► it's going to cost you/it'll cost you spoken informal if you say it's going to cost you or it'll cost you when someone wants to buy something, you mean it will be expensive for them: · You can get new parts specially made for these, but it'll cost you.· There are some places that can mend the suit in a couple of hours, but it's going to cost you.
► not come cheap informal to be expensive - use this especially when you think that even though something is expensive, it is still worth buying: · Gibson guitars sound great, but they don't come cheap.· It would be great if we could hire her, but with all her experience, she won't come cheap.
► pricey informal very expensive or too expensive - use this especially when you are deciding whether or not to buy something: · Let's not eat here - it's too pricey.· The tickets were kind of pricey, but the show was good.
► dear British expensive - use this especially about things you buy in shops: · Those strawberries look a bit dear.· The blue jacket is slightly dearer, but it's much better material.· No, you can't have an ice-cream - they're too dear.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► too
Word family· The Pinot Noirs on the list were too pricey.· Male speaker Certainly I'd be willing to try it - but I always think it seems to be a little bit too pricey.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveoverpricedpricelesspricey/pricynounpriceverbprice
informal expensive: The clothes are beautiful but very pricey.► see thesaurus at expensive