exorbitant amount

collocation in English

meaningsofexorbitantandamount

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exorbitant
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔː.bɪ.tənt/us
/eɡˈzːɔr.bə.t̬ənt/
Exorbitant prices, demands, etc. are much ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk
/əˈmaʊnt/us
/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofexorbitantandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We already have anexorbitantamountof paperwork which decreases actual patient contact.
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There is absolutely no argument whatever that capital, and not anexorbitantamount, should be spent as quickly as possible to cure homelessness.
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Not only are vital services understaffed and overstretched, but anexorbitantamountis spent on agency staff.
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If somebody asks for anexorbitantamountof key money or an illegal payment, it is something that one worries about later, after one has got into the accommodation.
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I think that is one of the reasons why the ratepayers in this country say so much about theexorbitantamountof money we are spending on education.
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That is not anexorbitantamount.
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They competed for sums up to $10,000 - anexorbitantamountat the time.
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At that time, we got a statement from the record company charging us anexorbitantamountof money against royalties...
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The mines were deep in the canyon and visitors stopping off to see the digs spent anexorbitantamountof time getting back to the train.
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She pays anexorbitantamountof money to arrange a transplant: the donor is a patient in a persistent vegetative state, and thus unable to consent.
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Too many people have jumped on the housing band-waggon and have charged exorbitant amounts for land, building and services.
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Some of the service charges are for exorbitant amounts.
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Again, exorbitant amounts are being used in fines rather than being spent positively and meaningfully to tackle a problem.
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Many of these people are being driven to pay exorbitant amounts for houses in order to get out of their misery.
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That made me even more surprised by the amendment, because it would mean that a rent officer could, in effect, raise the rents of private tenants by exorbitant amounts.
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Due to the exorbitant amounts needed to redesign then rebuild the hall, it was decided simply to significantly refurbish the current hall.
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Celebrities are incessantly stereotyped and fantasized as individuals who possess exorbitant amounts of wealth and glamor.
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The physicians who practiced there catered to the wealthy, charging exorbitant amounts for their services, and augmented their incomes with the sale of magical amulets and charms.
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