Extravagant in price or amount.
1856. He ’s too steep in his price, any way.—Knick. Mag., xlvii. 362 (April).
1857. At the election in Minnesota, one hundred and ten Winnebago Indians, wearing their blankets, voted the Democratic ticket; but the agent thought this was rather steep, so he crossed that number from the list.—Chicago Tribune, Oct. 17 (Bartlett).
1858. The verdict … giving $150,000 as damages to a Land and Water-Power Company … is regarded as decidedly steep.—Baltimore Sun, Aug. 23 (the same).
a. 1872. Don’t it strike you that eighteen dollars is pretty steep for these times?—J. M. Bailey, ‘Folks in Danbury,’ p. 38.
