high-priced

[ hahy-prahyst ]
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adjective
  1. expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.

Origin of high-priced

1
First recorded in 1785–95

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See expensive.

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How to use high-priced in a sentence

  • He had the most high-priced chef in the world, with six chefs under him, two of whom made a specialty of American dishes.

    Through the Wall | Cleveland Moffett
  • Being very high-priced, it was soon so sophisticated as to be quite unreliable.

  • Good illustrated books, which are an ornament to any library, are now high priced, and are not likely to fall in value.

    Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley
  • Green is a poor color for both cotton and woolen materials unless it is high priced.

    Textiles | William H. Dooley
  • Then examine different priced fabrics of the same kind and see whether the low or high priced fabric has the greater density.

    Textiles | William H. Dooley