expensive
adjective
[ ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ]
• costing a lot of money.
• "keeping a horse is expensive"
Similar:
costly,
dear,
high-priced,
high-cost,
big-budget,
exorbitant,
extortionate,
overpriced,
immoderate,
extravagant,
lavish,
valuable,
precious,
priceless,
worth its weight in gold,
worth a king's ransom,
over the odds,
steep,
pricey,
sky-high,
costing an arm and a leg,
costing the earth,
costing a bomb,
daylight robbery,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere (see expend), + -ive.