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Meanings of
expensive
in English
Portuguese
caro
Catalan
car
Spanish
costoso
Back to the meaning
High in price or charging high prices.
cheap
Related terms
dear
valuable
costly
pricey
overpriced
pricy
big-ticket
high-ticket
high-priced
dearly-won
Portuguese
caro
Antonyms
Examples for "
cheap
"
cheap
Examples for "
cheap
"
1
Political words on issues of great note to Indigenous people are
cheap
.
2
Labor was very
cheap
in China, as well as Canton and Shanghai.
3
Farmers markets are plentiful and offer another option for great,
cheap
food.
4
That's a great global franchise, great management, it's
cheap
on book value.
5
A slew of products now address the problem-butthey don't come
cheap
.
Usage of
expensive
in English
1
However, these tests are
expensive
and therefore not available in resource-limited countries.
2
The risk of building up
expensive
,
long term debt remains, StepChange said.
3
The other problem: the longer-acting methods are far more
expensive
,
at first.
4
As a result, FORM 6 was slow, extremely
expensive
,
and incredibly good.
5
Wine investing requires storage charges, and wine funds are often quite
expensive
.
6
The
expensive
ones are provided for free as a necessary government expense.
7
Until recently, good quality educational toys were
expensive
and difficult to locate.
8
Compressing natural gas for long-distance export by sea is an
expensive
business.
9
I can foresee long and
expensive
court cases to decide what's 'fair'.
10
The new system requires less
expensive
feed, less fertiliser, and less work.
11
She said: We don't see any need for an
expensive
police operation.
12
However, you probably picked a very
expensive
way to get that paper.
13
And what we call 'the ground game' is quite
expensive
,
he said.
14
The Government says Labour's new education policies are flawed,
expensive
and unnecessary.
15
Yet we're saddled with one of the most
expensive
systems in Europe.
16
Some schools that families think are too
expensive
actually offer more aid.
Other examples for "expensive"
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expensive
Adjective
Frequent collocations
more expensive
too expensive
very expensive
less expensive
so expensive
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Translations for
expensive
Portuguese
caro
Catalan
car
costós
Spanish
costoso
caro
Expensive
through the time
Expensive
across language varieties
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Ireland
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