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  • adjective Common misspelling of exorbitant.

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Examples

  • He told us that, yes, we would have no trouble getting service in Mexico, but the moment we cross the border into Mexico "roaming fees" kick in in addition to the flat monthly fee of $99, and those fees would be "exhorbitant" (his word).

    Wireless Internet in Mexico 2008

  • The students also called for a reduction of "exhorbitant" prices at campus cafeterias, and the scrapping of the minimum 40 percent requirement needed to qualify for examinations.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • ANC branch secretary Frank Mabitle said the peace committee was intransigent to township residents 'grievances, such as exhorbitant service charges.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • The landmark bid to refund "exhorbitant" fees on overdrawn accounts, late loan and credit-card payments and bounced cheques has attracted approaches from more than 110,000 individuals and businesses nationwide.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Let's define "exhorbitant", per the same dictionary, as "greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation".

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • And paid the "exhorbitant" price of a whole $12 / US for this meal.

    mmm-yoso!!! 2009

  • UTV actually did not make much profits at all in Race but they were willing to pay that kind of exhorbitant price for it.

    NAACHGAANA 2008

  • Their employers will no longer have to pay such exhorbitant amounts for healthcare, which can be re-invested into the company, and by Repuglican ideology "begin creating jobs"

    'Why should the liberals always cave?' Dem asks 2009

  • Did he say anything when Halliburton signed contracts and stole tax payer charging exhorbitant prices for water and gasoline.?

    Source: Joe Wilson racking up the dollars after 'you lie' comment 2009

  • As a relatively-young retired couple, we know that if we were presently living in the States, the exhorbitant cost of this care would have obliged us to mortgage our home and face a very difficult retirement life.

    Obama political team turns its sights on House Dems 2009

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