exorbitant cost

collocation in English

meaningsofexorbitantandcost

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exorbitant
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔː.bɪ.tənt/us
/eɡˈzːɔr.bə.t̬ənt/
Exorbitant prices, demands, etc. are much ...
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cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofexorbitantandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This demand would have forced our tyre producers to replace all their ranges of moulds at anexorbitantcost.
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Nor can there be any question ofexorbitantcostincreases now.
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However, it should not be atexorbitantcostor be unnecessarily heavily armed.
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That is borne out by the fact that these immigrants are forced to buy very inferior accommodation atexorbitantcost.
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I remind him that there will be three schools at anexorbitantcost.
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That could be achieved with the use of funds amassed from council house sales and by reducing theexorbitantcostof bed-and-breakfast accommodation.
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Sometimes it is necessary to open up a production line atexorbitantcostin order to get spare parts for particular pieces of equipment.
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Many are saying that it cannot be implemented using current technology or only at anexorbitantcost.
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He seems to find the whole thing unpalatable, particularly theexorbitantcostinvolved.
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One of their greatest problems is theexorbitantcostof enforcing their rights against their freeholders.
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That could be done to a greater extent at noexorbitantcost.
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A plumber or an electrician may need to cross the river two or three times a day, and thatexorbitantcostis a disincentive to enterprise.
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Indeed, it says that the only things rising faster than theexorbitantcostof water south of the border are the extravagant salaries of the chief executives of water companies.
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Some materials could be recycled only atexorbitantcostin terms of both money and energy use, so burning waste to recover energy will sometimes be the best choice.
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In some cases they have to be emptied once a fortnight by the householder at anexorbitantcost, sometimes as much as £1 of poor people's money.
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Till then only a few fortunate had the facility for higher education, because of itsexorbitantcost.
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Plans to restore the local iron industry floundered because of theexorbitantcostof modernizing outdated mills.
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Theexorbitantcostof the reproductions, which were often hand-painted, landed him in debtors' prison.
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If the cost of membership is not enough to deter blue-collar workers, theexorbitantcostof belonging and fitting in with country club culture certainly is.
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Due to theexorbitantcostof adding motion to simulators, military programs have established research units to investigate the impact of skill acquisition with the use of motion simulators.
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