on the cheap

1. Economically, at very little cost, as in We're traveling around Europe on the cheap. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

These investors favored homes with a minimum of quirks, buying them on the cheap and stripping them of anything that might hinder a future sale.

From Salon

Last week, Amorim said the club would not sell the players on the cheap and would welcome them back into the fold if necessary.

From BBC

Immigration-enforcement hardliners like Ira Melhman, with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, counters that an economy that is built on the cheap labor of immigrants degrades conditions for American workers.

From Los Angeles Times

Thea Stein, the chief executive of the health think tank the Nuffield Trust, said the plan had the "right aspiration" but warned that moving care closer to home "doesn't mean care on the cheap".

From BBC

Its shares immediately rocketed by 38% on the first day of trading, leading to criticism - from the National Audit Office, among others - that it had been sold on the cheap.

From BBC