price; overcharge; extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy pull
upon the purse.
V. be dear &c adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in price, look
up.
[demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece,
extort.
[pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, pay through the
nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar.
Adj. dear; high, high priced; of great price, expensive, costly,
precious; worth a Jew's eye†, dear bought.
at a premium.
not to be had, not to be had for love or money; beyond price,
above price, priceless, of priceless value.
[priced in excess of value] unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant,
extortionate; overpriced, more than it's woth.
Adv. dear, dearly; at great cost, heavy cost; a grands frais [Fr.].
Phr. prices looking up; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.]; le cout
en ote le gout [Fr.]; vel prece vel pretio [Lat.]; too high a price to
pay, not worth it.