Definitions for exorbitant
ɪgˈzɔr bɪ təntex·or·bi·tant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usuriousadjective

   greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

   "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exorbitantadjective

   exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exorbitantadjective

   Etymology: ex and orbito, Latin.

   1. Going out of the prescribed track; deviating from the course appointed or rule established.

   What signifies the fiction of the tortoise riding upon the wings of the wind, but to prescribe bounds and measures to our exorbitant passions? Roger L'Estrange.

   These phenomena are not peculiar to the earthquakes which have happened in our times, but have been observed in all ages, and particularly those exorbitant commotions of the waters of the globe. John Woodward, Natural History.

   2. Anomalous; not comprehended in a settled rule or method.

   The Jews, who had laws so particularly determining in all affairs what to do, were notwithstanding continually inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 11.

   3. Enormous; beyond due proportion; excessive.

   Their subjects would live in great plenty, were not the impositions so very exorbitant; for the courts are too splendid for the territories. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

   So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men, that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with less. Jonathan Swift, on the Dissentions in Athens and Rome.

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1. exorbitant

   Exorbitant generally refers to a price or amount of money that is extremely high, unreasonably expensive or excessive. It can also be used more broadly to describe anything that is excessively high, intense, or extravagant.

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1. Exorbitantadjective

   departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims

2. Exorbitantadjective

   not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous

3. Etymology: [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exorbitant

   egz-or′bi-tant, adj. going beyond the usual limits: excessive.—ns. Exor′bitance, Exor′bitancy, extravagance: enormity.—adv. Exor′bitantly.—v.i. Exor′bitāte, to stray. [L. exorbitans, -antis, pr.p. of exorbitāre—ex, out of, orbita, a track—orbis, a circle.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exorbitant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exorbitant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of exorbitant in a Sentence

1. Aziz Matthews:

   I can speak for a lot of students and say the university fees are exorbitant, my parents pay my university fees but if they raised it, they would find it very difficult to pay.

2. Mark Lamb:

   As long as we don't secure our border what we continue to see is human trafficking and drug trafficking in this country, I always tell people this isn't a political issue, this is an issue that is about protecting America and American communities, what we're seeing is an exorbitant amount of humans being trafficked into this country and drugs.

3. Match Group:

   These exorbitant' fees' force developers to charge users more for their services and utilize resources they would otherwise invest in our employees, technologies, and user-requested features, in addition, monopolizing the market for in-app payments will further cement Google's near-total control of the Android ecosystem.

4. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority:

   Because of these exorbitant prices of catheter and balloon, which are many times higher than the stent price itself, the objective of price capping of stents gets diluted.

5. Lizbeth Mateo:

   We knew that these exorbitant fines were illegal and nothing more than a tool to scare our clients and retaliate against them for fighting back and standing up to this administration.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exorbitant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exorbitant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=exorbitant
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exorbitant
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=exorbitant