cheap
[ cheep ]
/ tʃip /
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adjective, cheap·er, cheap·est.
adverb
at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap.
ANTONYMS FOR cheap
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Idioms for cheap
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive: I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price.
on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically: She enjoys traveling on the cheap.
Origin of cheap
before 900; Middle English cheep (short for phrases, as good cheep cheap, literally, good bargain), Old English cēap bargain, market, trade; cognate with German Kauf,Old Norse kaup; all <Latin caupō innkeeper, tradesman; see chapman
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1, 4. 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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British Dictionary definitions for cheap
cheap
/ (tʃiːp) /
adjective
noun
on the cheap British informal at a low cost
adverb
at very little cost
Derived forms of cheap
cheapish, adjectivecheaply, adverbcheapness, nounWord Origin for cheap
Old English ceap barter, bargain, price, property; related to Old Norse kaup bargain, Old High German kouf trade, Latin caupō innkeeper
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