Costly
21costly — / kɒstlɪ/ adjective costing a lot of money, or costing too much money ● Defending the court case was a costly process. ● The mistakes were time consuming and costly …
22costly — / kɒstlɪ/ adjective costing a lot of money, or costing too much money ● Defending the court case was a costly process. ● The mistakes were time consuming and costly …
23costly — adjective Of high cost; expensive. a costly activity Ant: costlessly …
24costly — cost•ly [[t]ˈkɔst li, ˈkɒst [/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) costing much; high in price 2) resulting in great detriment: a costly mistake[/ex] 3) involving great expense; sumptuous • Etymology: 1350–1400 cost′li•ness, n …
25Costly state verification — (CSV) approach in contract theory considers contract design problem in which verification (or disclosure) of enterprise performance is costly and a lender has to pay a monitoring cost. A central result of CSV approach is that it is generally… …
26costly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. expensive, high priced, dear, precious, valuable; extravagant; gorgeous, sumptuous. See dearness.Ant., cheap. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. high priced, expensive, precious; see expensive , harmful .… …
27costly — cost·ly || kÉ’stlɪ adj. expensive, highly priced, pricey …
28costly — adjective (costlier, costliest) 1》 expensive. 2》 causing suffering, loss, or disadvantage. Derivatives costliness noun …
29costly — a. 1. Expensive, dear, high priced, of great price. 2. Rich, sumptuous, precious, splendid, gorgeous …
30costly — adj 1. expensive, dear, high priced, steep, stiff; exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, extravagant. 2. valuable, precious, priceless, inestimable; sumptuous, rich, opulent, lavish, magnificent, splendid, luxurious, gorgeous …
