extravagance (noun)

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• extravagance — extravagant ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking restraint in spending money or using resources. 2) costing a great deal. 3) exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate: extravagant claims. DERIVATIVES extravagance noun extravagancy noun extravagantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

• extravagance — noun 1) a fit of extravagance Syn: profligacy, improvidence, wastefulness, prodigality, lavishness 2) the costliest brand is an extravagance Syn: luxury, indulgence, self indulgence, treat, extra, nonessential …   Thesaurus of popular words

• extravagance — noun Date: 1640 1. a. an instance of excess or prodigality; specifically an excessive outlay of money b. something extravagant < a new car is an extravagance we can t afford > 2. the quality or fact of being extravagant < the extravagance of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• extravagance — noun a) excessive or superfluous expenditure of money b) prodigality as in extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. Syn: lavishness, profusion …   Wiktionary

• extravagance — UK [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns] / US noun Word forms extravagance : singular extravagance plural extravagances 1) a) [uncountable] the practice of spending a lot of money, especially more than you should b) [countable] something that you spend a lot of money… …   English dictionary

• extravagance — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lavishness, excessive expenditure, improvidence; see indulgence 3 , waste 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. indulgence, excessiveness, lavishness, wastefulness, excess, immoderation, prodigality, frill, *overkill,… …   English dictionary for students

• extravagance — ex|trav|a|gance [ ık strævəgəns ] noun 1. ) uncount the practice of spending a lot of money, especially more than you should a ) count something that you spend a lot of money on, especially more than you should: My main extravagances are shoes… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• extravagance — [ɪkˈstrævəgəns] noun 1) [U] the act of spending a lot of money, especially spending it on something that is not really necessary 2) [C] something that you spend a lot of money on …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• extravagance — /əkˈstrævəgəns/ (say uhk stravuhguhns), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun 1. excessive expenditure or outlay of money. 2. an instance of this. 3. unrestrained or fantastic excess, as of actions, opinions, etc. 4. an extravagant action, notion, etc. {French} …  

• extravagant — [ɪk stravəg(ə)nt, ɛk ] adjective 1》 lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.     ↘resulting from or showing this: extravagant gifts. 2》 exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate: extravagant claims. Derivatives extravagance noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• extravagancy — extravagant ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking restraint in spending money or using resources. 2) costing a great deal. 3) exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate: extravagant claims. DERIVATIVES extravagance noun extravagancy noun extravagantly adverb …   English terms dictionary