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Simplifying the Forms of Machinery and Cheapening the Materials of It.—The history of invention shows that the early machines sometimes took cumbersome and expensive forms, for which simple and cheaper forms were later substituted.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates

"Cheapening" was fashionable even among the women of Egypt.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby

Cheapening of food goes on remarkably, along with close and high culture of the ground.

From 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century by Hartshorne, Henry