Meaning | The quality of being high-priced. |
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Narrower | costliness, dearness, preciousness | The quality possessed by something with a great price / price or value |
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lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity, sumptuousness | The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive |
Broader | monetary value, price, cost | The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) |
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Opposite | inexpensiveness | The quality of being affordable |
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Spanish | carestía, encarecimiento |
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Adjectives | expensive | high in price or charging high prices |
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