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   expensive

   /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. costing a lot of money: "keeping a horse is expensive"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘lavish, extravagant’): from Latin expens- ‘paid out’, from the verb expendere (see expend), + -ive.

   Derivatives

   • 1. expensiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

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     1

   • I

     1

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   • E

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