extravagant spending

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• extravagant — ex‧trav‧a‧gant [ɪkˈstrævəgənt] adjective 1. disapproving spending a lot of money when it is not necessary: • It s a bit too extravagant to buy both. • Even when in debt, he continued to enjoy an extravagant lifestyle. 2. very extreme and not… …   Financial and business terms

• spending — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ There has been an increase in total government spending. ▪ high, low ▪ additional, increased ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• spending spree — noun a brief period of extravagant spending • Hypernyms: ↑spree, ↑fling …   Useful english dictionary

• extravagant — [ek strav′əgənt, ik strav′əgənt] adj. [ME & Anglo Fr extravagaunt < ML extravagans, prp. of extravagari, to stray < L extra, beyond + vagari, to wander < vagus: see VAGUE] 1. Obs. straying beyond bounds; wandering 2. going beyond… …   English World dictionary

• 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

• extravagant — adj. extravagant in (extravagant in spending their father s money) * * * [ɪk strævəgənt] extravagant in (extravagant in spending their father s money) …   Combinatory dictionary

• extravagant — ex|trav|a|gant [ıkˈstrævəgənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin vagans, present participle of vagari to wander about ] 1.) spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is necessary or more than you can afford ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• extravagant — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin extravagant , extravagans, from Latin extra + vagant , vagans, present participle of vagari to wander about, from vagus wandering Date: 15th century 1. a. obsolete… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• extravagant — adjective 1 spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary: It was very extravagant of you to spend 500 on a dress. 2 extravagant with sth using too much of something or wasting it: We mustn t be too extravagant with the electricity. 3… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• extravagant — UK [ɪkˈstrævəɡənt] / US adjective 1) a) spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is reasonable an extravagant present It would be too extravagant to go by taxi. b) using too much of something an extravagant use of natural… …   English dictionary

• extravagant — extravagantly, adv. extravagantness, n. /ik strav euh geuhnt/, adj. 1. spending much more than is necessary or wise; wasteful: an extravagant shopper. 2. excessively high: extravagant expenses; extravagant prices. 3. exceeding the bounds of… …   Universalium