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Meanings of lavish expenditure in English

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Usage of lavish expenditure in English
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The castle and the grounds were adorned and decorated with lavish expenditure.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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Without lavish expenditure, his premises wore an air of neatness and thrift.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
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And what have we to show for all this lavish expenditure?
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
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The passport to success in this new direction he assumed to be lavish expenditure.
The Law-Breakers and Other Stories
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Contrast the lavish expenditure on the load-restricted Dublin Port Tunnel.
The Irish Times
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He exceeded all who had gone before him in his lavish expenditure of money.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
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To some, lavish expenditure and display pleases their swollen vanity.
Philip Dru: Administrator; A Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935
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Then, after getting her out, a lavish expenditure would be needed for our flight.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
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But he said that lavish expenditure is, I think.
BBC
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The criminal folly of the former lavish expenditure was now demonstrated by a brilliant object-lesson.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
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What she derived from her lodging-house defrayed the somewhat lavish expenditure of her son Richard.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
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There was a lavish expenditure of bread and cold meats, coffee, and pickles and cheese.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
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The tradition of lavish expenditure, met by grinding the peasantry, was accentuated by Mehemet's successors.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
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The same corporeal framework cannot afford a lavish expenditure in several different ways at one time.
Practical Essays
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They lived in a style of more lavish expenditure than Mrs. Greville at all approved of.
The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 / A Sequel to Home Influence
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His son heard of it, and was in despair over this lavish expenditure of ten roubles.
Modern Saints and Seers
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