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high-priced

high-priced

31 3.5
Costing a lot of money
  • adjective
  • /haɪ praɪst/
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  • And why didn't David order from this company instead of the higher-priced one?
  • high-priced products
  • high-priced medicines
  • high-priced, high-quality

Effectively what it was, was a high-priced, high resolution laser printer.

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Examples

  • I wanna sit alone, not with a team of high-priced lawyers.

  • It's gonna be one high-priced yacht, let me tell you.

  • And a high-priced one too!

  • Now we have very high-priced, very capable security, like the best, right?

  • Photography is becoming a high-priced commodity.

  • Ten grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects.

  • Because many people are not too rich, and don't want to buy things that are too high-priced.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Meanwhile, the public increasingly views the legal process as high-priced mudslinging.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Naturally, with slimming budgets and dwindling IT staffs, most school districts can't afford such high-priced solutions.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Luxury brands often sell high-priced items that few can afford.

Synonyms

expensive
vshigh-priced
1.0

That costs a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound form with the same basic meaning
costly
vshigh-priced
64 1.7

Expensive and costing a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound used in similar contexts
pricey
vshigh-priced
  • Informal
54 4.4

Costs a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound used more in neutral or formal contexts
dear
vshigh-priced
  • UK
50 7.0

Costing a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound used in neutral modern usage
steep
vshigh-priced
39 4.2

Very high in price and hard to afford

is the hyphenated compound that simply denotes high cost without judgment
big-ticket
vshigh-priced
15 5.1

Very expensive and costing a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound for high cost but not only extreme prices
pricy
vshigh-priced
  • US
9 4.0

Costing a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound form rather than that single word
high-ticket
vshigh-priced
  • US
1 6.5

Costing a large amount of money

is the hyphenated compound used for general high cost rather than only extremes
spendy
vshigh-priced
  • UK
1 8.2

Costing a lot of money

is the hyphenated compound used in neutral contexts

Antonyms

11 1.0

Not costing much money

How Expensive

exorbitant
25 7.9
high-priced
31 3.5
pricey
  • Informal
54 4.4
low price
52 1.0

Surface Forms

high-priced positive

Morphology

high-priced = high + price (transparent) = high + price + ed

The adjective is a transparent compound of 'high' + 'price' with '-ed' marking an adjectival form meaning 'having a high price'.

Etymology

The word high-priced joins high, meaning 'up' or 'tall', and price, meaning 'cost', so it says the cost is 'high' and the thing is therefore expensive.