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- Dictionaryextravagance/ɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. lack of restraint in spending money or using resources: "his reckless extravagance with other people's money" Similar Opposite
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EXTRAVAGANCE definition: 1. behaviour in which you spend more money than you need to: 2. something expensive that you buy…. Learn more.
1. a. : an instance of excess or prodigality. specifically : an excessive outlay of money. b. : something extravagant. a new car is an extravagance we can't afford. 2. : the quality or fact of being extravagant. the extravagance of the decorations. Synonyms. extravagancy. lavishness. prodigality. profusion. wastefulness.
EXTRAVAGANCE meaning: 1. behaviour in which you spend more money than you need to: 2. something expensive that you buy…. Learn more.
Use the noun extravagance when you're talking about something that's over the top, especially when it comes to spending money. Ordering a $500 hamburger for dinner would be an extravagance.
1. uncountable noun. Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford. ...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance. When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry. Synonyms: overspending, squandering, profusion, profligacy More Synonyms of extravagance. 2. countable noun.
ex·trav·a·gance. (ĭk-străv′ə-gəns) n. 1. The quality of being extravagant: the extravagance of the furnishings; the extravagance of his rhetoric. 2. Immoderate spending: His extravagance led to his financial ruin. 3. Something extravagant.
noun. excessive or unnecessary expenditure or outlay of money. Antonyms: frugality. an instance of this: That sports car is an inexcusable extravagance. unrestrained or fantastic excess, as of actions or opinions. Synonyms: lavishness, profusion. an extravagant action, notion, etc.: the extravagances one commits in moments of stress. extravagance.
noun. /ɪkˈstrævəɡəns/ [uncountable] the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary. Such extravagance is shameful when there are people starving in the world. the sheer extravagance of buying such expensive clothes. Take your English to the next level.
The quality of being extravagant. The extravagance of the furnishings; the extravagance of his rhetoric. A going beyond reasonable or proper limits in conduct or speech; unreasonable excess. A spending of more than is reasonable or necessary; excessive expenditure; wastefulness.
excessive or unnecessary expenditure or outlay of money. an instance of this: That sports car is an inexcusable extravagance. unrestrained or fantastic excess, as of actions or opinions. an extravagant action, notion, etc.: the extravagances one commits in moments of stress. French, Middle French; see extravagant, - ance. 1635–45.
