exorbitant expenditures

After Napoleon came to power, exorbitant expenditures for perfume continued.

McMorris's partners, too, did him in, though not over exorbitant expenditures.

Count me among those utterly sick of scientists and space agencies using the existence of water to justify exorbitant expenditures on hare-brained missions, as if the odds of life having formed in these watery areas are no longer infinitesimal.

Principal criticisms of Rag and Flag surround the exorbitant expenditures on Rag floats, environmentally damaging practices and unhealthy rivalry, weighed against the University's belief that the event nonetheless promotes Faculty bonding and the strengthening of varsity identity through tradition.