Definition of "expensiveness" [expensiveness]

• The state of being expensive; entailing great expense. (noun)

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• "Mary was used to the expensiveness of Mrs. O'Callahan, but here was a new kind of expensiveness, subtle and compelling, strangely unconscious."
• "In one indication of the trend, a key gauge of the expensiveness of the euro-for-dollar trade has widened to a negative 0.45 percentage point, compared with a negative 0.25 percentage point on July 1."
• "Yet this Waikiki house stressed no less than the rest in beauty, in dignity, and in expensiveness of upkeep."