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expensiveness

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ex·pen·sive  (k-spnsv)
adj.
1. Requiring a large expenditure; costly.
2. Marked by high prices: expensive stores.

ex·pensive·ly adv.
ex·pensive·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
expensiveness [ɪksˈpensɪvnɪs] Nlo caro
expensiveness
n (of goods, travel, services etc)hoher Preis, Kostspieligkeit f; (of living somewhere)Kostspieligkeit f; the expensiveness of her tastesihr teurer Geschmack; the increasing expensiveness of basic commoditiesdie ständige Verteuerung von Grundbedarfsmitteln
expensiveness [ɪksˈpɛnsɪvnɪs] ndispendiosità
expensiveness [ɪksˈpɛnsɪvnɪs] ndispendiosità


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They are very different: one of them all elegance, all expensiveness, with an air of high fashion, from New York; the other a plain, pure, clear-eyed, straight-waisted, straight-stepping maiden from the heart of New England.
His expensiveness is acknowledged even by himself, and his whole conduct declares that self-denial is a word hardly understood by him.
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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