expensive

adjective4

1. •
   costing a large amount of money

   • In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. — 2013
2. •
   Taking a lot of system time or resources.
3. •
   Having a high economy rate.
4. •
   (no longer used) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

   • […] And that he looked into his own affairs, and understood them; That he had, when abroad, been very expensive; and contracted a large debt (for he made no secret of his affairs); […] — 1748