ex·pen·sive

(ĭk-spĕn′sĭv)

adj.

1. Requiring a large expenditure; costly.

2. Marked by high prices: expensive stores.

ex·pen′sive·ly adv.

ex·pen′sive·ness n.

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Noun

expensiveness - the quality of being high-priced

monetary value, price, cost - the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection"

costliness, dearness, preciousness - the quality possessed by something with a great price or value

lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness, luxury - the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive

inexpensiveness - the quality of being affordable

Translations

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expensiveness

[ɪksˈpensɪvnɪs] N → lo caro

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

expensiveness

n (of goods, travel, services etc) → hoher Preis, Kostspieligkeit f; (of living somewhere) → Kostspieligkeit f; the expensiveness of her tastes → ihr teurer Geschmack; the increasing expensiveness of basic commodities → die ständige Verteuerung von Grundbedarfsmitteln

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expensiveness

[ɪksˈpɛnsɪvnɪs] n → dispendiosità

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It was horrible to haggle on such a matter, and finally Philip consented to an expensiveness which he could ill afford.

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