exorbitant

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exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high

You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt.

going beyond usual and proper limits
{s} excessive, extreme, disproportionate, expensive
{a} excessive, extravagant, unreasonable
Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims
emphasis If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor. = excessive + exorbitantly ex·or·bi·tant·ly exorbitantly high salaries. an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be = astronomical exorbitant rent/prices etc (present participle of exorbitare , from orbita )
usurious
extravagant
exorbitant price
extremely high price
exorbitant prices
excessive prices, prices that are out of reach, sky-high prices
exorbitant rate of interest
unreasonably high interest rate
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In an exorbitant manner, excessively
exorbitantly
to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital
exorbitantly
In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously
exorbitantly
to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital"
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