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exorbitance — ⇒EXORBITANCE, subst. fém. Vx. Caractère de ce qui est exorbitant. Grâce à l exorbitance de mes années, mon monument est achevé (CHATEAUBR., Mém., t. 4, 1848, p. 605). Il [M. Thiers] accuse la mauvaise politique de l Empereur, l immodération de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Exorbitance — Ex*or bi*tance, Exorbitancy Ex*or bi*tan*cy,, n. A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exorbitance — index boom (prosperity), exaggeration, plethora Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exorbitance — n. pl. exorbitancies [eg zôr′bi təns, igzr̄′bi təns] n. [ME exorbitaunce: see EXORBITANT] 1. a going beyond what is right or reasonable, as in demands, prices, etc.; extravagance 2. Archaic lawlessness: Also exorbitancy n. exorbitancies … English World dictionary
exorbitance — (è gzor bi tan s ) s. f. Néologisme. Qualité de ce qui est exorbitant. • On donnait pour preuve de l exorbitance de ces profits [des fournisseurs] l élévation, progressive chaque année, du prix des draps de troupes, laquelle contrastait avec l… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
exorbitance — exorbitant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high. DERIVATIVES exorbitance noun exorbitantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin exorbitare go off the track … English terms dictionary
exorbitance — noun Date: 1609 1. an exorbitant action or procedure; especially excessive or gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety 2. the tendency or disposition to be exorbitant … New Collegiate Dictionary
exorbitance — /ig zawr bi teuhns/, n. the quality of being exorbitant; excessiveness. Also, exorbitancy. [1400 50; late ME exorbitaunce; see EXORBITANT, ANCE] * * * … Universalium
exorbitance — noun a) The state or characteristic of being exorbitant. b) A large excess … Wiktionary
exorbitance — Synonyms and related words: abandon, aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, boundlessness, burlesque, caricature, dilatation, dilation, egregiousness, enhancement, enlargement, enormousness, exaggerating, exaggeration,… … Moby Thesaurus
