on the cheap

Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

Investors have worried that AI will make it easier for companies to replicate the functions of SaaS companies on the cheap, and while Oliver is getting more questions on the subsector, “there is no consensus on what will change the bearish narrative.”

From MarketWatch

Plaintiffs have likewise objected, saying he is trying to wipe out those liabilities and buy it back on the cheap, free and clear of tort liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal

The transaction allowed Corning to get into the solar business on the cheap, just as solar demand started to rise during the Biden administration.

From Barron's

He told BBC Radio Cumbria he was not "going to turn a blind eye" and the incident should be a "massive wake up call" to the government and to Network Rail "to stop doing track maintenance north of Warrington and all the way through Cumbria and into Scotland on the cheap."

From BBC

It’s simply not worth writing a will on the cheap or downloading one from the Internet.

From MarketWatch