expensive
/ɪkˈspɛn.sɪv/
adjective
Having a high price or cost.
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Adjective 3 meanings
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.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.
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EXPENSIVE at a glance
EXPENSIVE has 9 letters and scores 21 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + P 3 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 24 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,019 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with expensive
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- EXTENSIVE19
- EXPANSIVE21
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