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expensive

 
 
/ɪkˈspensɪv/ adjective

Definition

costing a lot of money: Business class travel has become very expensive. He was looking for insurance to cover the expensive equipment in his home office.sth is expensive to do Older houses are expensive to maintain. prohibitively/extremely/hugely expensive
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