exorbitant

  • 31exorbitant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. excessive, immoderate, inordinate, unreasonable; extravagant, expensive, dear. See dearness.Ant., modest, reasonable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. excessive, extravagant, inordinate, immoderate; see… …

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  • 32exorbitant — [ɪg zɔ:bɪt(ə)nt] adjective (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high. Derivatives exorbitance noun exorbitantly adverb Origin ME: from late L. exorbitant , exorbitare go off the track …

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  • 33exorbitant — adjective exorbitant interest rates Syn: extortionate, excessively high, excessive, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, inflated, unconscionable, huge, enormous; informal steep, stiff, sky high, over the top, rip off Ant: reasonable …

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  • 34exorbitant — [ɪgˈzɔːbɪtənt] adj an exorbitant price or amount of money is much more than is reasonable …

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  • 35exorbitant — /əgˈzɔbətənt / (say uhg zawbuhtuhnt), /ɛg / (say eg ) adjective exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent: to charge an exorbitant price for something. {Late Latin exorbitans, present participle, going… …

  • 36exorbitant interest — index usury Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 37EXORBITANT, ANTE — adj. T. de Droit En dehors du droit commun. Action pénale exorbitante du droit commun. Il signifie, dans le langage courant, Qui est excessif, qui sort des bornes, de la mesure. Cette marchandise est d’un prix exorbitant. Dépense exorbitante.… …

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  • 38exorbitant — üppig; pompös; enorm; beachtenswert; erklecklich; stattlich; ansehnlich; fulminant; groß; außerordentlich; erheblich; beachtlich; …

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  • 39exorbitant — Synonyms and related words: a bit much, abandoned, acute, aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, boundless, clamant, clamorous, crying, cutthroat, cutting, demanding, disproportionate, dizzy, draining, drastic, egregious, enormous, exacting,… …

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  • 40exorbitant — e|xor|bi|tant Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …

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