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cheap

[ cheep ]

adjective

cheaper, cheapest.
  1. costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive:

    a cheap dress.

    Antonyms: , ,

  2. costing little labor or trouble:

    yvlogs are cheap.

  3. charging low prices:

    a very cheap store.

  4. of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy:

    cheap conduct; cheap workmanship.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  5. embarrassed; sheepish:

    He felt cheap about his mistake.

  6. obtainable at a low rate of interest:

    when money is cheap.

  7. of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation.
  8. stingy; miserly:

    He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee.

    Antonyms: ,



adverb

  1. at a low price; at small cost:

    He is willing to sell cheap.

cheap

/ ʃː /

adjective

  1. costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value
  2. charging low prices

    a cheap hairdresser

  3. of poor quality; shoddy

    cheap and nasty

    cheap furniture

  4. worth relatively little

    promises are cheap

  5. not worthy of respect; vulgar
  6. ashamed; embarrassed

    to feel cheap

  7. stingy; miserly
  8. informal.
    mean; despicable

    a cheap liar

  9. cheap as chips
    See chip
  10. dirt cheap informal.
    extremely inexpensive
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noun

  1. on the cheap informal.
    at a low cost
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. at very little cost
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹱, adverb
  • ˈ𲹱Ա, noun
  • ˈ𲹱辱, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 𲹱i adjective
  • 𲹱i·ly adverb
  • 𲹱l adverb
  • 𲹱n noun
  • v·𲹱 adjective
  • over·𲹱l adverb
  • over·𲹱n noun
  • un·𲹱l adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cheap1

First recorded before 900; Middle English cheep (short for phrases such as good cheep “cheap,” literally, “good bargain”), Old English ŧ “bargain, market, trade”; cognate with German Kauf, Old Norse kaup; all from Latin ܱō “innkeeper, tradesman”; chapman
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cheap1

Old English ceap barter, bargain, price, property; related to Old Norse kaup bargain, Old High German kouf trade, Latin ܱō innkeeper
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:

    I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price.

  2. on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically:

    She enjoys traveling on the cheap.

More idioms and phrases containing cheap

  • dirt cheap
  • on the cheap
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Synonym Study

Cheap, inexpensive agree in their suggestion of low cost. Cheap now usually suggests shoddiness, inferiority, showy imitation, complete unworthiness, and the like: a cheap kind of fur. Inexpensive emphasizes lowness of price (although more expensive than cheap ) and suggests that the value is fully equal to the cost: an inexpensive dress. It is often used as an evasion for the more specific cheap.
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Rather than feeling fearful about the US tariff, Robinsons Brothers reckons it may help the West Bromwich-based organic chemicals firm wrestle back American customers from cheaper overseas rivals.

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