expensive

Definitions


[ɛkˈspɛnsɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- costing a lot of money
(e.g: keeping a horse is expensive)


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Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere (see expend), + -ive




definition by Oxford Dictionaries