bargain basement

¹

noun

1. a basement area in some stores where goods are sold at prices lower than usual.

bargain-basement

²

[bahr-guhn-beys-muhnt]

adjective

1. very low-priced.

2. noticeably lacking in quality; inferior.

bargain basement

noun

1. part of a shop where goods are sold at reduced prices

Word History and Origins

Origin of bargain basement¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Origin of bargain basement²

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The latest meeting of Donny’s bargain basement Cabinet ran for three-hours-and- seventeen-minutes.

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Keeper Sels also falls into the bargain basement category, costing only £5m from Strasbourg in February this year.

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Those bargain basement deals are squeezing profit margins, though the company remains profitable and still sells more EVs than other automakers.

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The Biden administration on Friday made it more expensive for fossil fuel companies to pull oil, gas and coal from public lands, raising royalty rates for the first time in 100 years in a bid to end bargain basement fees enjoyed by one of the country’s most profitable industries.

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Well, so far the Democrats and Joe Biden have been called “bargain basement” in their strategy in various media posts, or “alarmingly calm” and completely confident they have 2024 well in hand.

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Related Words

• competitive 
• economical 
• low-cost 
• low-priced 
• reasonable