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expensive

(ɪkspensɪv )

adjective A1

If something is expensive, it costs a lot of money.

Fuel's so expensive in this country.

I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment.

Synonyms: costly, high-priced, lavish, extravagant

expensively adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb]

She was expensively dressed, with fine furs and jewels.

They do a third-rate job very expensively.

Collocations:

expensive dress

I'm very cost-conscious, so it would hurt me to wear a truly expensive dress.

Times, Sunday Times

She's bought the rings and an expensive dress for the party.

The Sun

Anyone who has hated themselves and tried to fix it with an extreme diet or an expensive dress will tell you the same thing: the thoughts remain.

Times,Sunday Times

It didn't matter what you were wearing, an expensive dress or a pair of battered jeans, trainers had become your 24/7 friends.

Times, Sunday Times

Y'know, that thing people have called you for a few decades now, obliterated because you bought an expensive dress and had a party with all your friends.

The Sun

expensive gear

You've got rich 40 and 50-yearolds fully kitted out with expensive gear.

The Sun

The tiny pup has a wardrobe bursting with expensive gear.

The Sun

Kit yourself out in the most expensive gear out there (it's important to look the part), bluff your way up to the black run and launch yourself down the mountain.

The Sun

Lobster pots and their marker buoys do not mix well with trawlers: pots, nets and sometimes fishermen's noses get broken when the expensive gear comes into conflict.

Times, Sunday Times

We used super nice, really expensive gear and really terrible broken equipmentanything that worked at the time.

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expensive habit

I have spent hundreds of pounds on this expensive habit.

The Sun

It's an expensive habit and will be linked with lots of issues.

The Sun

This means it can be quite an expensive habit, costing me around 30 a week.

The Sun

With those hidden costs such as insurance, this can be an expensive habit and my advice would be to avoid storage if you can.

The Sun

This was an expensive habit.

Times, Sunday Times

expensive hobby

He was plagued by financial difficulties, partly due to an expensive hobby of buying horses to play polo.

The Sun

We ignore owners who simply buy clubs for personal gain or as some expensive hobby.

Times, Sunday Times

An expensive hobby could become a surprising cash generator.

The Sun

Luck can turn an expensive hobby into a money-maker, especially if linked to a fast-action sport.

The Sun

Luck can turn an expensive hobby into a profitable one.

The Sun

expensive insurance

She described it as 'an expensive insurance policy that probably won't pay out'.

The Sun

We believe some rental companies are overcharging, the costs of hidden extras and selling expensive insurance customers don't need.

Times, Sunday Times

Under his proposals, a tax on the most expensive insurance policies would not take effect until 2018 and then only above a raised threshold.

Times, Sunday Times

That's going to be one seriously expensive insurance quote.

The Sun

Do you inflate insurance claims but moan about how expensive insurance has become?

expensive lifestyle

He exudes a smoothly organised, expensive lifestyle, unhurried, unharried.

Times, Sunday Times

I don't really have a big, expensive lifestyle.

The Sun

This money was used to finance an expensive lifestyle including a helicopter and a plane.

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But he was always confident of his ability to earn ever-increasing amounts to maintain his expensive lifestyle.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

These are homeowners with equity in their properties and, as a result of their expensive lifestyles, sizeable balances on their credit cards.

Times, Sunday Times

expensive litigation

Her practice was built on her reputation for achieving agreements rather than engaging in expensive litigation, and she tailored her fees according to clients' means.

Times, Sunday Times

It might save a fortune in recruiting costs but the spectre of expensive litigation looms over potential savings.

Times, Sunday Times

Getting 30 pension funds to agree to anything, let alone expensive litigation, won't have been easy.

Times, Sunday Times

By avoiding expensive litigation, the approach can reduce costs.

Times, Sunday Times

But although both sides want to keep talks going and avoid expensive litigation, there are few signs of a breakthrough.

Times, Sunday Times

expensive option

The burners give out lots of heat, but bioethanol is an expensive option.

Times, Sunday Times (2017)

The cards were really quick but did feel a little impersonal and are an expensive option.

The Sun (2011)

Day-school fees plus childcare costs can work out a more expensive option than boarding.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

expensive repair

This means performance gradually drops off and, more important, that the internal seals may dry out as a consequence, requiring a more expensive repair.

Times, Sunday Times

Is this expensive repair normal in a car with such low mileage?

Times, Sunday Times

The car was only ten months old when he bought it, believing there would be no expensive repair bills as it had a three-year warranty.

The Sun

If the freeholder plans to carry out expensive repair work, leaseholders must be consulted first.

Times, Sunday Times

But when they thought about the expensive repair, people at the lower end of the income scale performed significantly worse on both cognitive tests, while the rich participants were unfazed.

Times, Sunday Times

expensive taste

I have acquired very expensive taste in food.

Times,Sunday Times

She has style, grace and expensive taste in clothes.

Times, Sunday Times

Only those with expensive taste.

Times, Sunday Times

Tapping into your expensive tastes, you could prosper providing luxury services for celebs.

The Sun

She has expensive tastes — 90 for an exfoliator, 20 for a lip balm.

Times, Sunday Times

expensive technology

Carbon capture is relatively straightforward but expensive technology.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Annoying, untrusting and, most important, expensive technology.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Do you have a lot of expensive technology which you struggle to use?

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

That cost gap is likely to widen as car makers are forced to fit them with more expensive technology to meet increasingly stringent pollution standards.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

expensive watch

His expensive watch and other possessions disappeared while 'uncaring' staff preferred to finish their conversations rather than respond to patients ringing the call bell.

Times, Sunday Times

The speedometer and rev counter feature intricate movements that bring to mind an expensive watch.

Times, Sunday Times

Your expensive watch took the total price of all your valuables above the limit allowed on your policy.

Times, Sunday Times

I don't wear jewellery or even an expensive watch.

The Sun

She also bought her toyboy an expensive watch and the latest gadgets.

The Sun

hugely expensive

It could be a movable feast - available some days at the local school and others at the surgery, so it need not be hugely expensive.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

The academies have come on stream in the past few years and many are hugely expensive and time consuming.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

Last month it switched on a new desalination plant, a hugely expensive facility that makes sea water drinkable.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

incredibly expensive

She's boring, mean, and all she seems to do is stand around in incredibly expensive but entirely unstylish outfits.

The Sun (2013)

I'm trying to set up a bakery business in Edinburgh and it is incredibly expensive.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

It's an incredibly expensive brand of cologne.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

To take money out is incredibly expensive from a tax point of view.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

outrageously expensive

Bulky, granted, and yet (in contrast to the licence fee) outrageously expensive.

Times, Sunday Times

The hiring of one of these was the ultimate display of wealth, since the food was famously bad, served in miserly portions and outrageously expensive.

Times, Sunday Times

I like offshore wind, but it seems outrageously expensive.

Times, Sunday Times

An outrageously expensive caviar container would really impress the neighbours around here.

The Sun

Companies keen to make a quick buck can easily do so through your monthly bills with outrageously expensive subscription services.

Times, Sunday Times

prohibitively expensive

The trouble was that upsizing locally, even on a small scale, would be prohibitively expensive.

Times, Sunday Times (2018)

DAB radios used to be prohibitively expensive but this one is affordable and looks fantastic.

The Sun (2013)

Those medicines that are available are prohibitively expensive.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Laser hair removal can work but it's no good unless you have very pale skin and dark hair - and it can be prohibitively expensive.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

relatively expensive

Retail funding, taking millions of small deposits across a branch network, has been a relatively expensive way of raising funds.

Times, Sunday Times

The staff who do the recruiting tend to be relatively expensive to employ.

Times, Sunday Times

It's not that he has chosen the life of an ascetic - in fact, he has a taste for relatively expensive clothes.

Times, Sunday Times

With a typical cost of 7,000-13,000, such systems are relatively expensive, and require a decent-sized outdoor area.

Times, Sunday Times

Avoid the temptation to pile lots of relatively expensive fresh fruit and vegetables in your trolley.

The Sun

ridiculously expensive

A dog licence system would be ridiculously expensive to run.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Buying ready-cooked crab is ridiculously expensive compared with getting a live one and doing it yourself.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

I find it hard to sit comfortably but a proper reclining chair is ridiculously expensive.

The Sun (2010)

As most people will know, going out if you are a parent has become ridiculously expensive.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

It's ridiculously expensive and ridiculously unnecessary.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Translations:

Chinese: 昂贵的

Japanese: 高価な

单词	expensive
释义	expensive (ɪkspensɪv ) adjective A1 If something is expensive, it costs a lot of money. Fuel's so expensive in this country. I get very nervous because I'm using a lot of expensive equipment. Synonyms: costly, high-priced, lavish, extravagant expensively adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb] She was expensively dressed, with fine furs and jewels. They do a third-rate job very expensively. Collocations: expensive dress I'm very cost-conscious, so it would hurt me to wear a truly expensive dress. Times, Sunday Times She's bought the rings and an expensive dress for the party. The Sun Anyone who has hated themselves and tried to fix it with an extreme diet or an expensive dress will tell you the same thing: the thoughts remain. Times,Sunday Times It didn't matter what you were wearing, an expensive dress or a pair of battered jeans, trainers had become your 24/7 friends. Times, Sunday Times Y'know, that thing people have called you for a few decades now, obliterated because you bought an expensive dress and had a party with all your friends. The Sun expensive gear You've got rich 40 and 50-yearolds fully kitted out with expensive gear. The Sun The tiny pup has a wardrobe bursting with expensive gear. The Sun Kit yourself out in the most expensive gear out there (it's important to look the part), bluff your way up to the black run and launch yourself down the mountain. The Sun Lobster pots and their marker buoys do not mix well with trawlers: pots, nets and sometimes fishermen's noses get broken when the expensive gear comes into conflict. Times, Sunday Times We used super nice, really expensive gear and really terrible broken equipmentanything that worked at the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 expensive habit I have spent hundreds of pounds on this expensive habit. The Sun It's an expensive habit and will be linked with lots of issues. The Sun This means it can be quite an expensive habit, costing me around 30 a week. The Sun With those hidden costs such as insurance, this can be an expensive habit and my advice would be to avoid storage if you can. The Sun This was an expensive habit. Times, Sunday Times expensive hobby He was plagued by financial difficulties, partly due to an expensive hobby of buying horses to play polo. The Sun We ignore owners who simply buy clubs for personal gain or as some expensive hobby. Times, Sunday Times An expensive hobby could become a surprising cash generator. The Sun Luck can turn an expensive hobby into a money-maker, especially if linked to a fast-action sport. The Sun Luck can turn an expensive hobby into a profitable one. The Sun expensive insurance She described it as 'an expensive insurance policy that probably won't pay out'. The Sun We believe some rental companies are overcharging, the costs of hidden extras and selling expensive insurance customers don't need. Times, Sunday Times Under his proposals, a tax on the most expensive insurance policies would not take effect until 2018 and then only above a raised threshold. Times, Sunday Times That's going to be one seriously expensive insurance quote. The Sun Do you inflate insurance claims but moan about how expensive insurance has become? ST expensive lifestyle He exudes a smoothly organised, expensive lifestyle, unhurried, unharried. Times, Sunday Times I don't really have a big, expensive lifestyle. The Sun This money was used to finance an expensive lifestyle including a helicopter and a plane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he was always confident of his ability to earn ever-increasing amounts to maintain his expensive lifestyle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are homeowners with equity in their properties and, as a result of their expensive lifestyles, sizeable balances on their credit cards. Times, Sunday Times expensive litigation Her practice was built on her reputation for achieving agreements rather than engaging in expensive litigation, and she tailored her fees according to clients' means. Times, Sunday Times It might save a fortune in recruiting costs but the spectre of expensive litigation looms over potential savings. Times, Sunday Times Getting 30 pension funds to agree to anything, let alone expensive litigation, won't have been easy. Times, Sunday Times By avoiding expensive litigation, the approach can reduce costs. Times, Sunday Times But although both sides want to keep talks going and avoid expensive litigation, there are few signs of a breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times expensive option The burners give out lots of heat, but bioethanol is an expensive option. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The cards were really quick but did feel a little impersonal and are an expensive option. The Sun (2011) Day-school fees plus childcare costs can work out a more expensive option than boarding. Times, Sunday Times (2007) expensive repair This means performance gradually drops off and, more important, that the internal seals may dry out as a consequence, requiring a more expensive repair. Times, Sunday Times Is this expensive repair normal in a car with such low mileage? Times, Sunday Times The car was only ten months old when he bought it, believing there would be no expensive repair bills as it had a three-year warranty. The Sun If the freeholder plans to carry out expensive repair work, leaseholders must be consulted first. Times, Sunday Times But when they thought about the expensive repair, people at the lower end of the income scale performed significantly worse on both cognitive tests, while the rich participants were unfazed. Times, Sunday Times expensive taste I have acquired very expensive taste in food. Times,Sunday Times She has style, grace and expensive taste in clothes. Times, Sunday Times Only those with expensive taste. Times, Sunday Times Tapping into your expensive tastes, you could prosper providing luxury services for celebs. The Sun She has expensive tastes — 90 for an exfoliator, 20 for a lip balm. Times, Sunday Times expensive technology Carbon capture is relatively straightforward but expensive technology. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Annoying, untrusting and, most important, expensive technology. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Do you have a lot of expensive technology which you struggle to use? Times, Sunday Times (2015) That cost gap is likely to widen as car makers are forced to fit them with more expensive technology to meet increasingly stringent pollution standards. Times, Sunday Times (2014) expensive watch His expensive watch and other possessions disappeared while 'uncaring' staff preferred to finish their conversations rather than respond to patients ringing the call bell. Times, Sunday Times The speedometer and rev counter feature intricate movements that bring to mind an expensive watch. Times, Sunday Times Your expensive watch took the total price of all your valuables above the limit allowed on your policy. Times, Sunday Times I don't wear jewellery or even an expensive watch. The Sun She also bought her toyboy an expensive watch and the latest gadgets. The Sun hugely expensive It could be a movable feast - available some days at the local school and others at the surgery, so it need not be hugely expensive. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The academies have come on stream in the past few years and many are hugely expensive and time consuming. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Last month it switched on a new desalination plant, a hugely expensive facility that makes sea water drinkable. Times, Sunday Times (2012) incredibly expensive She's boring, mean, and all she seems to do is stand around in incredibly expensive but entirely unstylish outfits. The Sun (2013) I'm trying to set up a bakery business in Edinburgh and it is incredibly expensive. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's an incredibly expensive brand of cologne. Times, Sunday Times (2016) To take money out is incredibly expensive from a tax point of view. Times, Sunday Times (2012) outrageously expensive Bulky, granted, and yet (in contrast to the licence fee) outrageously expensive. Times, Sunday Times The hiring of one of these was the ultimate display of wealth, since the food was famously bad, served in miserly portions and outrageously expensive. Times, Sunday Times I like offshore wind, but it seems outrageously expensive. Times, Sunday Times An outrageously expensive caviar container would really impress the neighbours around here. The Sun Companies keen to make a quick buck can easily do so through your monthly bills with outrageously expensive subscription services. Times, Sunday Times prohibitively expensive The trouble was that upsizing locally, even on a small scale, would be prohibitively expensive. Times, Sunday Times (2018) DAB radios used to be prohibitively expensive but this one is affordable and looks fantastic. The Sun (2013) Those medicines that are available are prohibitively expensive. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Laser hair removal can work but it's no good unless you have very pale skin and dark hair - and it can be prohibitively expensive. Times, Sunday Times (2011) relatively expensive Retail funding, taking millions of small deposits across a branch network, has been a relatively expensive way of raising funds. Times, Sunday Times The staff who do the recruiting tend to be relatively expensive to employ. Times, Sunday Times It's not that he has chosen the life of an ascetic - in fact, he has a taste for relatively expensive clothes. Times, Sunday Times With a typical cost of 7,000-13,000, such systems are relatively expensive, and require a decent-sized outdoor area. Times, Sunday Times Avoid the temptation to pile lots of relatively expensive fresh fruit and vegetables in your trolley. The Sun ridiculously expensive A dog licence system would be ridiculously expensive to run. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Buying ready-cooked crab is ridiculously expensive compared with getting a live one and doing it yourself. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I find it hard to sit comfortably but a proper reclining chair is ridiculously expensive. The Sun (2010) As most people will know, going out if you are a parent has become ridiculously expensive. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It's ridiculously expensive and ridiculously unnecessary. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 昂贵的 Japanese: 高価な
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