entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly: an expensive party.
Origin of expensive
First recorded in 1620–30; expense + -ive
ANTONYMS FOR expensive
cheap, low-priced.
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synonym study for 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.
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What Blink Health set out to do, as Fortune has previously reported, is bypass the middlemen who make drugs more expensive.
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Pharma companies favor expensive medicines that must be taken repeatedly and generate revenue for years or decades.
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Well, first and foremost, it’s more expensive to design sustainably and it’s more expensive to design so that there isn’t an obvious loser in the situation.
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We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
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Expensive day care pushes women out of the labor market while men continue to work outside the home.
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Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.
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At 17 acres, it was the largest gambling house ever constructed, and at a cost of $1.2 billion, it was also the most expensive.
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We knew it would be an expensive endeavor, and we still chose to make the investment.
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He lived in princely style; was the possessor of numerous automobiles, coaches, and an expensive racing-stable.
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Wà ku palita kay mahal man gud, I did not buy it because it was expensive.
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A horse and carriage had been tied to a hitching post and by contrast an expensive, new automobile was parked beside it.
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Harvard University, the most expensive college in America, costs about $46,000 a year.
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The Sioux uprising of 1876 was expensive for the government.