exorbitant+charge
1exorbitant — inordinate, extravagant, *excessive, immoderate, extreme Analogous words: *onerous, burdensome, oppressive, exacting: greedy, grasping, *covetous: extorting or extortionate (see corresponding verb at EDUCE) Antonyms: just (price, charge)… …
2charge — I n. accusation 1) to bring, level, make a charge; to prefer, press charges 2) to concoct, cook up, fabricate, trump up a charge (they trumped up various charges against her) 3) to prove, substantiate a charge 4) to face a charge 5) to dismiss,… …
3exorbitant — exorbitantly, adv. /ig zawr bi teuhnt/, adj. exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury. [1425 75; late ME < LL exorbitant (s. of exorbitans,… …
4exorbitant — /əgˈzɔbətənt / (say uhg zawbuhtuhnt), /ɛg / (say eg ) adjective exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent: to charge an exorbitant price for something. {Late Latin exorbitans, present participle, going… …
5highway robbery — noun 1. an exorbitant price what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery • Hypernyms: ↑price, ↑terms, ↑damage 2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road • Hypernyms: ↑robbery * * * …
6tribute — noun Etymology: Middle English tribut, from Latin tributum, from neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere to allot, bestow, grant, pay, from tribus tribe Date: 14th century 1. a. a payment by one ruler or nation to another in… …
7highway robbery — highway robber. 1. robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman. 2. Informal. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge. [1770 80] * * * …
8daylight robbery — noun an exorbitant charge for a product or service …
9extortion — n. 1. Exaction, illegal compulsion. 2. (Colloq.) Exorbitance, exorbitant charge …
10highway robbery — high′way rob′bery n. 1) cvb robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman 2) cvb a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge • Etymology: 1770–80 high′way rob′ber, n …
