An exorbitant price is an extremely high cost for goods or services, often far beyond what is reasonable. The term can be broken down into three crossword solutions: STEEP (5 letters), USURY (5 letters), and RIPOFFS (7 letters). STEEP is a term used to describe something that is very expensive, USURY is the practice of lending money at an unreasonably high rate of interest, and RIPOFFS are unscrupulous business practices that involve charging excessive prices.