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I had one years ago that came from an IT auction for the princely sum of 40.

Those at the top live lives of princely luxury compared to those at the bottom selling roasted sweet potatoes from their bikes.

Call it what you will, I have a wealth of experience, accomplishment, family and great friends, but not a princely cache of money.

To many people in many places, it is a princely sum to live on. But in the neighborhoods of New York City and its suburban enclaves where successful bankers live, half a million a year can go very fast.

The programmer I most want to hire has the job title "intern", and he will be hired straight into a major tech company at a princely salary.

People will now bitch endlessly about having to pay the princely price of $10, which theoretically comes with free perpetual upgrades.

Back in 1995 when I was about 9 my parents paid a princely sum of Rs. 500 to enroll me for 4 classes of MSPaint spread out over 1 month at a local school that had secured two personal computers with color monitors back in India.

Then again, maybe the developer is very concerned about clients from hell so he can quote princely sums to clients he or she isn't sure are worth the hassle.

That's why Lexis and Westlaw pay actual attorneys considerable sums to summarize cases, and why they can still command such princely subscription fees even in 2014.

A CNC laser cutter would represent miraculous technological savvy and princely embodied wealth to someone from the 1400's.

Nonetheless, Emerson insisted, eventually shelling out £30,000—a princely sum—for a massive, modular system.

" At press time, the princely scribe was seen finishing his apricot jasmine tea, asking a mere mortal sitting nearby to watch his literary accoutrements, and then prancing off to the Starbucks powder room, light as a feather.