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extravagance

ex·trav·a·gance [ ik strávvəgənss ] (plural ex·trav·a·gan·ces) or ex·trav·a·gan·cy [ ik strávvəgənssee ] (plural ex·trav·a·gan·cies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. immoderate spending: excessive or wasteful spending of money
was condemned to poverty by their father's extravagance

2. expensive thing: something that is expensive or wasteful
A car like that is an extravagance in today's economic climate.

3. excessiveness: the exaggerated, excessive, or extremely flamboyant nature of something, e.g. a wild unreasonableness in somebody's speech or behavior

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