Meaning of dispendious | Babel Free

Definitions

expensive, costly

archaic

Examples

“Wherefore the aforesaid William (after a long and dispendious stay at the Roman Court, after much and unavailing waste of money, after many bulls obtained on his behalf, . . . seeing that his wiles profited him little or naught in all these matters ...”

“It would be much better for the community if sufficient inducement existed for the rich and dispendious classes to expend their surplus wealth on articles of home rather than on those of foreign production; the effect of the commercial legislation ...”

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