costliness

costliness
The characteristic of being costly.

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  • Costliness — Cost li*ness ( l? n?s), n. The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • costliness — index expense (cost), expense (sacrifice) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • costliness — costly ► ADJECTIVE (costier, costiest) 1) expensive. 2) causing suffering, loss, or disadvantage: a costly mistake. DERIVATIVES costliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • costliness — noun see costly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • costliness — See costly. * * * …   Universalium

  • costliness — cost·li·ness || kÉ’stlɪnɪs n. expensiveness, quality of being highly priced …   English contemporary dictionary

  • costliness — cost·li·ness …   English syllables

  • costliness — noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value • Syn: ↑dearness, ↑preciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑precious (for: ↑preciousness), ↑dear (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • costly — costliness, n. /kawst lee, kost /, adj., costlier, costliest. 1. costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care. 2. resulting in great expense: The upkeep of such a large house is costly. 3. resulting in… …   Universalium

  • Complexity, Problem Solving, and Sustainable Societies — is a paper on energy economics by Joseph Tainter from 1996. Contents 1 Focus 1.1 Attempts 1.2 Requirement of knowledge 2 See …   Wikipedia

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