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ex·or·bi·tant

(ĭg-zôr′bĭ-tənt)

adj.

Going beyond what is reasonable or customary, especially in cost or price: exorbitant rent; exorbitant telephone bills.

[Middle English, aberrant, flagrant, from Old French, excessive, extreme, from Late Latin exorbitāns, exorbitant-, present participle of exorbitāre, to deviate : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin orbita, path, track; see orbit.]

ex·or′bi·tant·ly adv.

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exorbitant

(ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt)

adj

(of prices, demands, etc) in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate

[C15: from Late Latin exorbitāre to deviate, from Latin orbita track]

exˈorbitance, exˈorbitancy n

exˈorbitantly adv

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ex•or•bi•tant

(ɪgˈzɔr bɪ tənt)

adj.

exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent: exorbitant prices; exorbitant luxury.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin exorbitant-, s. of exorbitāns, present participle of exorbitāre to deviate from the track]

ex•or′bi•tant•ly, adv.

exorbitant

- Originally a legal term for a case outside of the scope of a law; since it implies going "out of orbit," it also first meant "deviating from the true path."

exorbitant

adjective excessive, high, expensive, extreme, ridiculous, outrageous, extravagant, unreasonable, undue, preposterous, unwarranted, inordinate, extortionate, unconscionable, immoderate exorbitant housing prices
fair, cheap, reasonable, moderate

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exorbitant

adjective

Exceeding a normal or reasonable limit:

excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, overabundant, overmuch, undue.

Translations

مُفْرِط، باهِظ

umådeholdenurimelig

maßlos

exorbitant

óhóflegur

esorbitante esuberante eccessivo

be saikobesaikisperdėtai

pārmērīgs

ublu

aşırı yüksek

过高的

exorbitant

[ɪgˈzɔːbɪtənt] ADJ [rent, price, fee] → exorbitante, abusivo; [demands] → desorbitado, desmesurado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

exorbitant

[ɪgˈzɔː^rbɪtənt] adj

[price, fee, rent] → exorbitant(e), excessif/ive

[demands] → exorbitant(e), démesuré(e)

exorbitant

adj → überhöht; price also → unverschämt; demand → maßlos, übertrieben; that’s exorbitant! → das ist Wucher!

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exorbitant

[ɪgˈzɔːbɪt/ənt] adj (price) → esorbitante; (demands) → spropositato/a

exorbitant

(igˈzoːbitənt) adjective

(of prices or demands) very high or unreasonable.

exˈorbitantly adverb

exˈorbitance noun

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