expensive

About 22.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a high price or cost.
2. adjective Taking a lot of system time or resources.

   an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm

3. adjective Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
4. adjective Having a high economy rate.

Similar words

costly big-ticket pricy dear pricey overpriced high-priced dearly-won exorbitant luxurious

Often followed by

and to than for in as but equipment or

Word family

expensively expensiveness expensivenesses