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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at exorbitant" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is excessively high in price or cost.
Example: "The hotel charged us at exorbitant rates during the peak season."
Alternatives: "at outrageous" or "at excessive".
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Labour has improved it, if at exorbitant cost.
Many panel-makers have signed long-term contracts with silicon producers at exorbitant prices.
Dozens of Web sites offer misoprostol at exorbitant prices, and sometimes of dubious quality.
The shopkeepers make a living from selling duty-free goods at exorbitant prices.
And the companies use that monopoly power to sell drugs at exorbitant prices.
Most important, no buying fuel to re-sell at exorbitant rates.
Tickets are difficult to find except through ticket brokers (at exorbitant prices).
Building supplies are flown in on cargo planes at exorbitant prices.
Some of those left behind hire temporary maids at exorbitant rates.
People were buying things on credit at exorbitant rates of interest, he said.
"The public sector will not borrow money at exorbitant rates," Mr. Cavallo said.
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