big-ticket
AdjectiveSynonyms:
high-ticket
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- very expensive“big-ticket items like cars and furs”“a big-ticket government program”Synonyms: high-ticketOpposite cheapSimilar expensive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
big-ticket adj. prenom.
same as expensive, but in an absolute sense; — referring to items of a type which are all expensive, such as automobiles, refrigerators, or large-screen television sets. The roaring stock market led to an increase in the purchase of big-ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season. cheap Syn. — costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5