[adjective]Rolls Royces are very expensive (= cost a lot of money).Big houses are expensive to maintain.She has expensive tastes (= she likes things that cost a lot of money).Going to the cricket match when he should have been at work was an expensive mistake for George - he lost his job because of it.
EXPENSIVE
Meaning of EXPENSIVE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012