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(ɪkstrævəgəns)
Word forms: plural extravagances
1. uncountable noun
Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance.
When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.
Synonyms: overspending, squandering, profusion, profligacy More Synonyms of extravagance
2. countable noun
An extravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford.
Her only extravagance was horses.
Why waste money on such extravagances?
Synonyms: luxury, treat, indulgence, extra More Synonyms of extravagance
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extravagance in British English

(ɪkˈstrævəɡəns) or extravagancy (ɪkˈstrævəɡənsɪ)
noun
1. 
excessive outlay of money; wasteful spending
2. 
immoderate or absurd speech or behaviour

extravagance in American English

(ɛkˈstrævəgəns; ɪkˈstrævəgəns)
Word forms: plural exˈtravagancies
noun
1. 
a going beyond reasonable or proper limits in conduct or speech; unreasonable excess
2. 
a spending of more than is reasonable or necessary; excessive expenditure; wastefulness
3. 
an instance of excess in spending, behavior, or speech
Also exˈtravagancy Word forms: plural exˈtravagancies
Word origin
Fr: see extravagant

Examples of 'extravagance' in a sentence
extravagance

But for all her thrifty protests, it seems the odd extravagance does slip through the net.
The Sun (2016)
He earns royalties from the commercials, but his biggest extravagance so far is to buy a saxophone.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They are appalled by daily examples of bureaucratic waste and extravagance and the criminal abuse of their hard-earned taxes.
The Sun (2012)
This is no doubt because of their wild extravagance in spring, when they force themselves into our attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It seems no extravagance is too great for the music world's biggest power couple when it comes to holidays.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Using an official dealer may seem an extravagance, but the diagnosis will be quicker and cheaper in the long run.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What was your biggest extravagance?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
My biggest extravagance is plants.
The Sun (2016)
This might seem like an extravagance when you are setting up your business, but without your tools there is no business.
The Sun (2008)
Eating out with friends may seem like an extravagance in this summer of cuts, but it is also a great escape.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He owned with contrition that his irregularities and his extravagance had already wasted a large part of his mother's little fortune.
William Thackeray Vanity Fair (1837)
I'm simply uncomfortable with unnecessary extravagance.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We're saving for bunk beds, which will be our biggest extravagance of the year.
The Sun (2010)
Her biggest extravagance is clothes, which she buys largely second-hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Granted, footballers do have the luxury of changing their cars more often than most, but that is probably their biggest extravagance.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
RB: So what is your biggest extravagance?
The Sun (2013)
I also think we'll see more restaurants offering obvious value, perhaps less absurd extravagance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
extravagance

British English: extravagance NOUN
Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance.
  • American English: extravagance
  • Brazilian Portuguese: extravagância
  • Chinese: 奢侈
  • European Spanish: derroche
  • French: prodigalités
  • German: Verschwendung
  • Italian: sperpero
  • Japanese: 浪費
  • Korean: 낭비
  • European Portuguese: extravagância
  • Latin American Spanish: derroche

Chinese translation of 'extravagance'

extravagance

(ɪksˈtrævəɡəns)

n

  1. (u) (= spending) 奢侈 (shēchǐ)
  2. (c) (= luxury) 奢侈品 (shēchǐpǐn) (件, jiàn)
1 (noun) 
He was accused of gross mismanagement and financial extravagance.
Synonyms
overspending
squandering
profusion
a delightful river with a profusion of flowers growing along its banks
profligacy
The country's main problem is fiscal profligacy.
wastefulness
waste
The whole project is a complete waste of time and resources.
lavishness
prodigality
improvidence
2 (noun) 
Our only extravagance is two holidays a year.
Synonyms
luxury
We never had money for little luxuries.
treat
He never failed to return without a special treat for them.
indulgence
The car is one of my few indulgences.
extra
frill
nonessential
3 (noun) 
the ridiculous extravagance of his claims
Synonyms
excess
He had led a life of excess.
folly
a reminder of the follies of war
exaggeration
Like most of his stories, it smacks of exaggeration.
absurdity
I get angry at the absurdity of a situation.
recklessness
wildness
dissipation
Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
outrageousness
unreasonableness
preposterousness
immoderation
exorbitance
unrestraint

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absurdity
I get angry at the absurdity of a situation.
Synonyms
ridiculousness,
joke,
nonsense,
malarkey,
folly,
farce,
stupidity,
foolishness,
silliness,
idiocy,
irrationality,
incongruity,
meaninglessness,
daftness (informal),
senselessness,
illogicality,
ludicrousness,
unreasonableness,
preposterousness,
farcicality,
craziness (informal),
bêtise (rare),
farcicalness,
illogicalness
in the sense of dissipation
Definition
unrestrained indulgence in physical pleasures
Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
Synonyms
debauchery,
excess,
indulgence,
abandonment,
drunkenness,
profligacy,
intemperance,
wantonness,
dissoluteness
in the sense of exaggeration
Like most of his stories, it smacks of exaggeration.
Synonyms
overstatement,
inflation,
emphasis,
excess,
enlargement,
pretension,
extravagance,
hyperbole,
magnification,
amplification,
embellishment,
exaltation,
pretentiousness,
overemphasis,
overestimation

Synonyms of 'extravagance'

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