luxury (noun)
1luxury — noun 1 comfort and pleasure ADJECTIVE ▪ great, pure, sheer ▪ It was sheer luxury to step into a hot bath. ▪ ultimate ▪ the ultimate luxury of a sauna in your own home …
2luxury — ► NOUN (pl. luxuries) 1) the state of great comfort and extravagant living. 2) an inessential but desirable item. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of the nature of a luxury. ORIGIN originally meaning «lechery»: from Latin luxuria, from luxus excess …
3luxury — lux‧u‧ry [ˈlʌkʆri] noun luxuries PLURALFORM 1. [countable] something that is expensive and not really necessary but is pleasing and enjoyable: • luxuries such as a yacht and gold plated bathroom fixtures 2. luxury apartment/car etc a very… …
4luxury - luxurious — ◊ luxury Luxury is great comfort among beautiful and expensive surroundings. We lived in great luxury. ...a life of luxury. Luxury is often used as an adjective in front of a noun. You use it to talk about a class of comfortable, expensive things …
5luxury — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English luxurie, from Anglo French luxorie, from Latin luxuria rankness, luxury, excess; akin to Latin luxus luxury, excess Date: 14th century 1. archaic lechery, lust 2. a condition of abundance or great ease …
6luxury market — ➔ market1 * * * luxury market UK US noun [S] MARKETING ► a market for expensive goods that are not necessary but are bought for pleasure: » The fashion company is trying to enter China s booming luxury market. » When it comes to cars, they focus… …
7luxury tax — ➔ tax1 * * * luxury tax UK US noun [C or U] TAX ► a tax on expensive goods that are not necessary but are bought for pleasure: a luxury tax on sth »The government is considering imposing a luxury tax on jewellery …
8luxury — noun 1 (U) very great comfort and pleasure, such as you get from expensive food, beautiful houses, cars etc: Caviar for breakfast! I was not used to such luxury. | a life of luxury: They led a life of luxury, in a huge house in the countryside. | …
9luxury — noun 1) we ll live in luxury Syn: opulence, luxuriousness, sumptuousness, grandeur, magnificence, splendor, lavishness, the lap of luxury, a bed of roses, (the land of) milk and honey; informal the life of Riley Ant: austerity, poverty …
10luxury — noun 1) we ll live in luxury Syn: opulence, sumptuousness, grandeur, magnificence, splendour, affluence 2) a TV is his only luxury Syn: indulgence, extravagance, treat, extra, frill …
