PRICEY


Meaning of PRICEY in English

pric ‧ ey BrE AmE , pricy /ˈpraɪsi/ adjective

[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ overpriced , ↑ priceless , PRICEY/PRICY ; verb : ↑ price ; noun : ↑ price ]

informal expensive:

The clothes are beautiful but very pricey.

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THESAURUS

▪ expensive costing a lot of money:

an expensive car

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Apartments in the city are very expensive.

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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.

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Lawyers charge high fees.

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the high cost of living in Japan

▪ dear [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.

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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 ə nt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt ə nt $ -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

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the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats

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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.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.