low-ticket
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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He had been going for a low-ticket item — a lot containing manuscript copies of letters by George Washington and George Cabot — but was edged out by a telephone bid of $1,500.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2017
Specifically, it knows that on Jan. 24, 2004, I spent $46 on "low-ticket gifts and merchandise" and that on Oct.
From Time ● Mar. 10, 2011
At hospitals, billing clerks discreetly boost the prices of low-ticket items, charging, say, $4.15 for an aspirin that costs 11 cents.
From Time Magazine Archive
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