exorbitant[adjective]Synonyms: excessive, extortionate, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, outrageous, preposterous, unreasonable
Contrasted words: equitable, fair, just, rational, reasonable
Related Idioms: out of sight
Related Words: overboard,
overmuch,
unwarranted,
outrageous,
preposterous,
exacting,
extortionate
English Thesaurus: expensive, high, dear, pricey, costly, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
expensive costing a lot of money:
an expensive car Apartments in the city are very expensive. An underground train system is expensive to build.high costing a lot of money.You use
high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use
expensive with these words:
Rents are very high in this area. Lawyers charge high fees. the high cost of living in Japandear [not before noun] British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price:
£3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee.pricey /ˈpraɪsi/
informal expensive:
The clothes are beautiful but pricey.costly expensive in a way that wastes money:
Upgrading the system would be very costly. They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle.cost a fortune informal to be very expensive:
The necklace must have cost a fortune!exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbət
ənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt
ənt $ -ɔːr-/ much too expensive:
Some accountants charge exorbitant fees.astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely high:
the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats The cost of living is astronomical.overpriced too expensive and not worth the price:
The DVDs were vastly overpriced.somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something:
Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲
rent to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc:
He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road. They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time:
Why don't we hire a van for the day? You can hire suits for weddings.lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time :
They leased the offices from an American company. The car is leased from BMW.rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equpiment, area of land etc in return for money:
She rents the flat out to students.let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money:
Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners. They let the house out while they were on holiday.lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time:
Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.high Rents in the city centre are very high.low Our workers get low rents and other advantages.exorbitant (=extremely high) Some landlords charge exorbitant rents.fixed The rent is fixed for three years.affordable (=which people can easily pay) The government plans to provide more homes at affordable rents.the annual/monthly/weekly rent Our annual rent is just over $15000.ground rent British English (=rent paid to the owner of the land that a house, office etc is built on) There is an additional ground rent of £30 per month.a peppercorn rent British English (=an extremely low rent) The colonel let us have the cottage for a peppercorn rent.back rent (=rent you owe for an earlier period) Mrs Carr said she is still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.the rent is due (=it must be paid at a particular time) The rent is due at the beginning of the week.pay the rent She couldn’t afford to pay the rent.increase/raise the rent (
also put up the rent British English)
The landlord wants to put up the rent.fall behind with the rent/get behind on the rent (=fail to pay your rent on time) You could be evicted if you fall behind with the rent.collect the rent His job is to collect the rents from the tenants.the rent increases/goes up The rent has gone up by over 50% in the last two years.a rent increase How can they justify such big rent increases?rent arrears British English (=money that you owe because you have not paid your rent) The most common debts were rent arrears.a rent book British English (=a book that shows the payments you have made in rent)cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something.
Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing. the cost of raw materialsprice the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices. the price of a plane ticket to New Yorkvalue the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge. bank chargesfee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee. The membership fee is £125 a year. legal feesfare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare. fare increasesrate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲