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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
- 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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