luxury
Other forms: luxuries
A luxury is something that is pleasant to have or experience, but it is not necessary. For example, eating in a restaurant is a luxury — you can always cook and eat at home.
In its earliest days, luxury meant "excess that is sinfully self-indulgent." Over time, this definition softened, losing the air of judgment, but retaining the sense that a luxury is enjoyable or comfortable, but not necessary. We often think of a luxury as something costly, but this isn't always so. For example, being able to sleep late or live within walking distance of loved ones or a beautiful forest can also be luxuries.
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something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
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amenity
something that provides value, pleasure, or convenience
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indulgence, self-indulgence
an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
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amenity
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the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
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synonyms:
lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
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expensiveness
the quality of being high-priced
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expensiveness
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wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
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synonyms:
luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness
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wealth, wealthiness
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
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wealth, wealthiness
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In this novel, a boy imprisoned in a concentration camp and the son of a Nazi commandant develop an unlikely friendship.
Where there's a will, there's a motive to solve a murder. When eccentric millionaire Sam Westing dies, he leaves instructions for sixteen people to come to the reading of his will. With a fortune on the line, Westing's death becomes a puzzle they'll race to solve.
This list focuses on economic decisions and systems (Unit 1, Chapter 1). Here are links to all the chapters of Unit 1, Business in the Global Economic Environment: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4 Here are links to all the units of the business textbook published by South-Western Cengage Learning: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4