The fruit could more simply be a sign of the couple's wealth since oranges were very expensive imports.

Olives could not be cultivated and olive oil was an expensive import.

So when markdown time comes, expensive imports can look a lot more appealing.

Figs and dates were eaten all over Europe, but remained rather expensive imports in the north.

When tea was an expensive import, you didn't want it to be easily accessible to the "wrong" people.

That immediately makes most Soviet imports, in particular needed oil products and fertilizer, seven times more expensive than last year.

These expensive imports were luxury goods, rare items in the 17th-century English household.

Declines in the value of the dollar help the American economy because they spur exports and eventually make imports more expensive.

Much new music was routinely only available as expensive imports in specialist shops.

They were an expensive import on Altair, so he had little direct experience with the breed.