Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
4. Monetary Relations

814. Dearness.

   NOUN:DEARNESS &c. adj.; high -, famine -, fancy- price; overcharge; extravagance; exorbitance, extortion; heavy pull upon the purse.
   VERB:BE DEAR &c. adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny [colloq.]; rise in price, look up.
  OVERCHARGE, bleed [colloq.], skin [slang], fleece, extort.
  pay too much, pay through the nose [colloq.], pay too dear for one’s whistle [colloq.].
   ADJECTIVE:DEAR; high, – priced; of great price, expensive, costly, precious, worth a Jew’s eye, dear bought; unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, extortionate.
  at a premium; not to be had, – for love or money; beyond price, above price; priceless, of priceless value.
   ADVERB:DEAR, dearly; at great cost, at heavy cost, at a high price, à grands frais [F.].
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Prices looking up.
2. Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle.
3. Le coût en ôte le goût.
4. Vel prece vel pretio.
5. Since you are dear-bought, I will love you dear.—Merchant of Venice
6. But bless you, it’s dear—it’s dear!—Browning