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prohibitive
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Word definitions for prohibitive in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prohibitive \Pro*hib"it*ive\, a. [Cf. F. prohibitif.] That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitory ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow. 2 costly to the extreme; beyond budget. n. (context linguistics English) negative imperative
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "having the quality of prohibiting," from prohibit + -ive , or else from French prohibitif (16c.), from Late Latin prohibit- , past participle stem of prohibere . Of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886. Related: Prohibitively ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a prohibitive tax on imports ▪ The cost of renovating the old buildings would be prohibitive . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And the cost can be prohibitive . ▪ Especially for a large word list the memory requirements are ...
Usage examples of prohibitive.
In addition, the cost of a two-million-volt Xray machine is prohibitive.
Ze cost is, however, prohibitive and subject to priorities which make deliveries uncertain.
A problem he had in common with thousands of other Russians was money: not only for the prohibitive exit taxes and air tickets, but enough to live on afterward.
This had to do with the lack of infrastructure, the prohibitive cost of services, an extortionist pricing structure, computer illiteracy and luddism (computer phobia).
From this top room, the prohibitive cost of this particular estate, was clearly explained.
The only way to insure things is to destroy one of the key sidings, and I suspect I know which one is the most likely candidate to permanently disable the plan by making the odds too prohibitive and the new setup too complex to have a decent chance of success.