expensive
/ɪkˈspɛn.sɪv/ adjective A1- Having a high price or cost.
- Taking a lot of system time or resources. · an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm
- Having a high economy rate.
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Choosing the latter alternative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and to take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive domicile.
“Well, then, let me have a bottle of the least expensive.”
But won’t it be dreadfully expensive?
So, you see, our papers were quickly written out, and certainly do not come very expensive.” This joke elicited a fresh burst of applause.
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