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  2. adjective. COMMERCE. uk. / ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt ə nt / us. Add to word list. an exorbitant price, demand, etc., is much too large: The interest charged on most credit cards is exorbitant.

  3. If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be. [...]

  4. adjective exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury. Archaic. outside the authority of the law. exorbitant / ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt /

  5. If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be. [emphasis] Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.

  6. exorbitant prices. extreme may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree. extreme shyness. Examples of exorbitant in a Sentence. The citizens of Xiaoli Village move lazily, with a languor born of chronic underemployment.

  7. If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much higher than it should be.

  8. /ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt/ (formal) (of a price) much too high. It’s a good hotel but the prices are exorbitant. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

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