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How to pronounce luxury in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
Type of expensiveness
Derivation luxuriate, luxurious
Type Words
Synonyms luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness
Type of wealth, wealthiness
Derivation luxuriate, luxurious
Type Words
Type of indulgence, self-indulgence
Derivation luxuriate, luxurious

Examples of luxury

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As a result, luxury used-car values are basically flat compared with a year ago.
From the online.wsj.com
Ford sold its luxury Aston-Martin sports car division for $848 million in March.
From the upi.com
In June, Japan's No. 2 luxury auto maker rolled out its sleek new Skyline sedan.
From the businessweek.com
Last October it began offering a night vision system on the Legend luxury sedan.
From the businessweek.com
When announced last fall, the deal buoyed Hong Kong's luxury residential market.
From the businessweek.com
The hottest seller in the entry-luxury category is Infiniti's $28,000 G35 sedan.
From the businessweek.com
Given the current political climate, which luxury purveyors are likely to excel?
From the online.wsj.com
Residents like Harvin, however, don't have the luxury of looking that far ahead.
From the time.com
Evidently, the deep change and the real meat was at the high-end, luxury market.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
  • Lavishness: the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
  • Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  • (luxurious) epicurean: displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic ...
  • (luxurious) deluxe: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"
  • Luxury is the second album from Fantastic Plastic Machine. It is the follow-up to his 1997 debut album. ...
  • Luxury is a rock band from Toccoa, Georgia that began playing together as The Shroud at Toccoa Falls College in the early 1990s. ...
  • Luxury is the second full-length album by The Nein. It was released on February 20, 2007 on Sonic Unyon.
  • The Luxury is a Boston-based Britrock band, formed in the summer of 2005.