单词 | to come expensive |
释义 | > as lemmasto come expensive a. Of a thing: Attended with expense; costly, dear. to come expensive: see come v. 31b. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure dear1044 chargeous138. wastyc1380 dear-boughtc1384 costlewa1387 costlya1425 costy?c1430 costfulc1450 costablea1475 chargeable1480 sumptuous1485 chargeful1529 deep1608 tributary1632 burdenablec1650 expensivea1661 consumptive1753 capital-intensive1907 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > dear or expensive dear1044 costful1340 costious1340 costlewa1387 costlya1400 costy?c1430 prized1500 high1542 high-priced1591 expenseful1605 chary1610 expensivea1661 salt1710 dearthful1786 big ticket1906 pricey1932 exclusive1942 up-market1972 a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 70 The two late expensive and chargeable sieges of Buss. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 119 Till..the remedy [be] impossible or expensive. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 658 The Law of England is..very expensive and dilatory. 1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 109 He..lived at so expensive a rate. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 276 To collect the..produce of..unimproved lands would..be too expensive . View more context for this quotation 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 27 It's expensive keeping boys at home. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. i. 241 God..will bend himself to any most expensive, lowest burden of sympathy. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ii. 16 The father..was unable to give the child as expensive an education as he had desired. < as lemmas |
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