expensive

Definition

  • adjective: costing a lot of money
  • adjective: involving high cost or sacrifice
  • synonyms: extravagant, high-priced, dear

Examples

  • Her decision to leave the company proved to be an 'expensive' mistake. [=a mistake that caused her to lose a lot of money]

  • They live in an 'expensive' neighborhood. [=a neighborhood in which houses, apartments, etc., cost a lot to buy or rent]

  • an 'expensive' shop [=a shop that sells expensive things]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But, yes, your debts are considerable. And you're now engaged in a conflict on several fronts. We both know how expensive war can be. And we both know gold wins wars. Your vaults are empty. Your late husband's profligacy saw to that. Your wealthiest allies, the (..)
    2017 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Queen's Justice Season: 7 Episode 3
  • (..) You do understand I'm your boss, right? Uh-huh. All right, let's ask the very, very expensive question. Is the probe going to be ready on time? Give me a number. All right, let's create days. (..)
    2015 The Martian
  • (..) well its not true ok, im a classy broad yeah i can see that umm, listen, speaking of classy chow bellas a really expensive restaurant so we can go anywhere else tomorrow. i really dont care as long as were together are you kidding me? no, years we've been going out... (..)
    2012 Ted