You could stay at one of the big luxury hotels, but the small hotels are far more reasonable. Consumers are offered more and more luxurious goods.
Consumers are offered more and more luxury goods. To refer to a type or class of hotel, apartment, furniture, services etc, use luxury as a modifier: ‘a luxury apartment in the heart of London’, ‘luxury bedroom suites imported direct from Italy’, ‘a luxury liner’. Use luxurious to describe something that is very comfortable and expensive: ‘The car’s soft cream leather interior was extremely luxurious.’ 2
Many people today do not consider a car as a luxurious thing.
Many people today do not consider a car as a luxury. a luxury = something that you do not need: ‘We can hardly afford to buy food, yet alone waste money on luxuries.’
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They don’t have any money to spend on luxury things.
They don’t have any money to spend on luxuries. luxuries (plural of luxury), luxury goods, luxury items (but NOT luxury things): ‘Tax on luxury goods is bound to be increased.’ 2
Some successful criminals enjoy a luxury life.
Some successful criminals enjoy a life of luxury. A life of luxury is a fixed phrase: ‘His dream is to marry a princess and live a life of luxury.’
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M machine Over eighty per cent of these cars are old, and so are their machines.