Ex-pĕn'sĭve, a.

a. 1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family. War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke. 2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad sense, given to excessive expenditure; extravagant; lavish. [Rare.] This requires an active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. Sprat. The idle and expensive are dangerous. Temple. Syn.—Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant.