prohibitive
adjective /prəˈhɪbətɪv/
/prəˈhɪbətɪv/, /prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/
- (of a price or a cost) so high that it prevents people from buying something or doing something synonym exorbitant
- prohibitive costs
- a prohibitive tax on imported cars
- The price of property in the city is prohibitive.
- preventing people from doing something by law
- prohibitive legislation
- (North American English) (of a person taking part in an election or a competition) extremely likely to win
- Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite.
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check’, from the verb prohibere, from pro- ‘in front’ + habere ‘to hold’.