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- Dictionaryex·or·bi·tant/iɡˈzôrbətnt/
adjective
- 1. (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high: "the exorbitant price of tickets"
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Jul 29, 2016 · Exorbitant ou exhorbitant ? the French appear to have the same problem which may have been passed on to the English language: They think the reason for the common mistake is the presence of of many terms in which the suffix ex is followed by the letter h: L’explication de cette erreur se trouve principalement dans le fait qu’il existe plusieurs mots prenant quant à eux un H : exhaler ...
Mar 31, 2013 · The difference between redundant and superfluous. Redundant:unnecessarily repeating something (merriam-webster.com). Redundant:repetition that is unnecessary (thefreedictionary.com) Redundant: useless repetitiveness (wordreference.com) The second and third definitions of redundant are redundant. The first definition is clear.
Prodigal is wasteful of resources. The difference is that prodigal is always wasteful and, thus, harmful. Profligate is not always wasteful. Prodigal is always used as pointing out unethical or immoral behavior by wasting. Profligate can be used that way but can just mean extravagant.
Sep 4, 2015 · Robbery is arguably a more common expression than exorbitant. Robbery (in ODO) carries the definition: Unashamed swindling or overcharging. It is often used in this context with the prefixes highway or daylight. Daylight robbery and highway robbery (in ODO) both carry this definition: Blatant and unfair overcharging. For example, you could say:
Jan 5, 2021 · an arm and a leg: an enormous amount of money; an exorbitant price. The first recorded instance is surprisingly recent: 1924 Oakland (California) Tribune 21 Nov. a35/6 There is so much interest in the game and so few seats, compared to the number of persons who would almost give an arm or a leg to see it.
Mar 17, 2016 · I heard an older person say "Pheew! What did you do -- stub your toe?" The implied meaning was that when I put on cologne, I must have stubbed my toe. This caused me to pour an exorbitant amount on myself, thus causing a strong odor of cologne. Has anyone out there ever heard of this phrase and that definition of it? Ah yah. Thank you.
Feb 1, 2018 · My OALD does not define this sense of 'ocean' to determine whether they assess it as countable or uncountable (a mass noun). In the absence of a dictionary definition that this particular sense of ocean is countable, I would treat the phrase as plural. EDIT TO REVERSE:
I have observed that in my work place, whenever a mail is sent to more than one person( like an information, meeting request or a notice etc.), the mail starts with the salutation "Dear All". This,
Aug 28, 2014 · If, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on the specified date
Jul 11, 2013 · 1. Grammatically, both by and as are acceptable in either of the examples given. But as mathematical statements, both examples have problems. In the first example, “The function f is defined by/as f=a+b+c ”, unless a, b, c all are previously-defined functions or constants, the arguments of f and its dependence on them is unclear, ie ...
