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English Dictionary: expensive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expensive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expensive adj high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop" Antonym(s): cheap, inexpensive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expensive \Expen"sive\, a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive* dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. --Burke. 2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.] An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. --Sprat. The idle and expensive are dangerous. --Sir W. Temple. Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- {Expen"sively}, adv. -- {Expen"siveness}, n.