1 [U] 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.
2 [C] something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary:
Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.
3 [C,U] something that is impressive or noticeable because it is unusual or extreme:
the extravagance of Strauss's music
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of extravagance come from?
This entry for extravagance is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is extravagance a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, extravagance is tagged as noun.
Does extravagance appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — extravagance appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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