Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
4. Monetary Relations
814. Dearness.
NOUN:
DEARNESS &c. adj.; high -, famine -, fancy- price; overcharge; extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy pull upon the purse.
VERB:
BE DEAR &c. adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny [colloq.]; rise in price, look up.
OVERCHARGE, bleed [colloq.], skin [slang], fleece, extort.
pay too much, pay through the nose [colloq.], pay too dear for one’s whistle [colloq.].
ADJECTIVE:
DEAR; high, - priced; of great price, expensive, costly, precious, worth a Jew’s eye, dear bought; unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate.
at a premium; not to be had, - for love or money; beyond price, above price; priceless, of priceless value.
ADVERB:
DEAR, dearly; at great cost, at heavy cost, at a high price, à grands frais [F.].
QUOTATIONS:
Prices looking up.
Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle.
Le coût en ôte le goût.
Vel prece vel pretio.
Since you are dear-bought, I will love you dear.—Merchant of Venice
