Thus we committed to build more than we could afford at extortionate rates.

Nowadays it usually means lending at a high, often extortionate rate of interest on a loan.

To hell with 4G; as long as they're charging extortionate rates for bandwidth it's nothing but a quicker race to overage charges.

The courts will assure that essential services are delivered until the county figures out a way to refinance its debts at less than extortionate rates.

All this free money given to banks to lend to the UK citizens at extortionate rates - and still they need bailouts?

Short of borrowing, at extortionate rates, I'm not sure how to raise more capital.

Prices were now deliberately pressed down to bankruptcy, while the railroads, with extortionate rates, broke the back of the farmer-camel.

They are not allowing us to make phone calls and are charging extortionate rates for internet access.

Businesses must be able to borrow at less than extortionate rates to operate normally; consumers need cash in their pockets to make routine purchases.

The power people want no yardstick which would expose their extortionate rates so Hoover killed the bill after it had been passed by both houses of congress.