to make extravagant claims

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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

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• extravagant — [[t]ɪkstræ̱vəgənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is extravagant spends more money than they can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. We are not extravagant; restaurant meals are a luxury and designer clothes are out... I hope you… …   English dictionary

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• excessive — excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme are comparable when meaning characterized by going beyond or above its proper, just, or right limit. Excessive implies an amount, quantity, or extent too great to be just,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• claim — claim1 W1S1 [kleım] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(truth)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(legal right)¦ 4¦(death)¦ 5¦(attention)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: clamer, from Latin clamare to cry out, shout ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company — Infobox Court Case name = Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company court = Court of Appeal (Civil Division) date filed = date decided = 7 December 1892 full name = Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company citations = [1893] 1 QB 256 judges = Lindley… …   Wikipedia