Thesaurus / exorbitant
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One of her tasks was directing baseball activities in the Dominican Republic, where for years local agents—called buscones—have skimmed off exorbitant portions of the signing bonuses awarded to young prospects.
HOW KIM NG, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S FIRST FEMALE GM, FINALLY GOT THE TOP JOBSEAN GREGORYMARCH 3, 2021TIMEThis is a confused system driving up demand, not a real rateRegardless of whether guests are really being charged these rates, residents found the exorbitant prices unacceptable, especially when shelter is so limited.
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH HOTEL BOOKING PRICES IN TEXAS?TERRY NGUYENFEBRUARY 18, 2021VOXThe apps offer infrastructure to tackle delivery, while simultaneously employing suspect practices like charging exorbitant fees to the restaurants that use the services.
WHO’S PAYING FOR THE GREAT DELIVERY WARS?JAYA SAXENAJANUARY 21, 2021EATER“We’ve seen exorbitant adoption in streaming services and hours spent in front of a television, whether that be linear or on demand or via streaming services,” said Anderson.
DEEP DIVE: PROGRAMMATIC ENDS A STRONG 2020 AS CTV, OTT AND DATA PRIVACY LOOM LARGE IN EARLY 2021JESSICA RAPPJANUARY 5, 2021DIGIDAYFor some reason, banks were not willing to offer these hedge funds repo loans, even at exorbitant rates.
HOW JAY POWELL’S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE IS CHANGING THE FED FOREVERCHRISTOPHER LEONARDJUNE 11, 2020TIMEAt a time when money might aspire to everything, the millionaire's dreams had nothing very exorbitant.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSOne criticism that has been made of this patent medicine is the exorbitant price charged for it.
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, VOL. 1 OF 2VARIOUSYou arrest the attention of the average man when you appeal to his purse; he resents paying an exorbitant price for anything.
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, VOL. 1 OF 2VARIOUSBut suppose the rents in Ireland were exorbitant, who would be to blame?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE - VOLUME 55, NO. 343, MAY 1844VARIOUSThence he proceeded: 'Here is mischief, mischief in summo gradu, exorbitant mischief!'
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGWORDS RELATED TO EXORBITANT
- abounding
- de trop
- dispensable
- excess
- excessive
- exorbitant
- expendable
- extra
- extravagant
- extreme
- gratuitous
- in excess
- inessential
- inordinate
- lavish
- leftover
- needless
- nonessential
- overflowing
- overmuch
- pleonastic
- profuse
- redundant
- remaining
- residuary
- spare
- superabundant
- superfluent
- supernumerary
- surplus
- unasked
- uncalled-for
- unneeded
- unrequired
- unwanted
- useless
- abounding
- de trop
- dispensable
- excess
- excessive
- exorbitant
- expendable
- extravagant
- extreme
- gratuitous
- in excess
- inessential
- inordinate
- lavish
- leftover
- needless
- nonessential
- overflowing
- overmuch
- pleonastic
- profuse
- redundant
- remaining
- residuary
- spare
- superabundant
- supererogatory
- superfluent
- supernumerary
- surplus
- unasked
- uncalled-for
- unneeded
- unrequired
- unwanted
- useless
- disproportionate
- exceeding
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- extreme
- forbidden
- ill-timed
- illegal
- immoderate
- improper
- inappropriate
- inapt
- indecorous
- inept
- inordinate
- intemperate
- needless
- overmuch
- sinister
- too great
- too much
- unapt
- uncalled-for
- unconscionable
- underhanded
- undeserved
- unfair
- unfitting
- unjust
- unjustifiable
- unjustified
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuitable
- untimely
- unwarrantable
- unwarranted
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