Associations to the word «Expensive»

Wiktionary

EXPENSIVE, adjective. Having a high price or cost.
EXPENSIVE, adjective. (computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
EXPENSIVE DRUNK, noun. (slang) (informal) Someone who must drink a lot of alcohol in order to get intoxicated.

Dictionary definition

EXPENSIVE, adjective. High in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats