Synonyms for exorbitance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zawr-bi-tuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɔr bɪ təns


Définition of exorbitance

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from exorbitant + -ance.
  • noun extravagance
Example sentences :
  • The intolerable oppression upon trade, from the exorbitance of wages and insolence of mariners, would be taken off.
  • Extract from : « An Essay upon Projects » by Daniel Defoe
  • All this is explicable by the exorbitance of the fees charged, about which there was much complaint.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 » by Henry Charles Lea
  • As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • The treaty meets with difficulties in the ratification,—perhaps the exorbitance of the price may occasion them.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. I (of 9) » by Thomas Jefferson
  • Unrea′son, lack of reason; Unrea′sonableness, the state or quality of being unreasonable: exorbitance.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various
  • It was borne upon them that this exorbitance, a strange incident in their own lives, was to these others a daily occurrence.
  • Extract from : « The Furnace » by Rose Macaulay

Antonyms for exorbitance

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