dearness

Roget-categorie 814

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations

#814. Dearness

zelfstandig naamwoord

dearness etc. adj. — high price, famine price, fancy price — overcharge — extravagance — exorbitance, extortion — heavy pull upon the purse.

werkwoord

be dear etc. adj. — cost much, cost a pretty penny — rise in price, look up.
[demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort.
[pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

dear — high, high priced — of great price, expensive, costly, precious — worth a Jew's eye^†, dear bought.
at a premium.
not to be had, not to be had for love or money — beyond price, above price, priceless, of priceless value.
[priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate — overpriced, more than it's woth.

bijwoord

dear, dearly — at great cost, heavy cost — a grands frais [Fr.].

uitdrukking

prices looking up — le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.] — le cout en ote le gout [Fr.] — vel prece vel pretio [Lat.] — too high a price to pay, not worth it.

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