01 a. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.
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Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.“War is expensive, and peace desirable.” — Burke.
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Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish.[R.]“An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness.” — Sprat.“The idle and expensive are dangerous.” — Sir W. Temple.