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   cheap

   /tʃiːp/

   adjective

   • 1. low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services: "local buses were reliable and cheap" Similar inexpensivelow-pricedlow-pricelow-costeconomicaleconomiccompetitiveaffordablereasonablereasonably pricedmoderately pricedkeenly pricedbudgeteconomycheap and cheerfulbargaincut-ratecut-pricehalf-pricesale-pricesalereducedon special offermarked downdiscounteddiscountrock-bottomgiveawayinformal:bargain-basementslashedgoing for a songdirt cheapbargainousOpposite expensive
   • ▪ charging low prices: "a cheap restaurant"
   • ▪ inexpensive because of inferior quality: "cheap, shoddy goods" Similar poor-qualitysecond-ratethird-ratesubstandardlow-gradeinferiorcommonvulgarshoddytrashytawdrytinnybrassyworthlessmeretriciouscheap and nastycheapjackgimcrackBrummagempinchbeckinformal:cheapojunkytackykitschnot up to muchrubbishrubbishynaffduffropygrottytwopenny-halfpennya dime a dozentinhorntwo-bitdime-storevulgar slang:crapcrappychickenshitarchaic:trumperyOpposite high-class
   • 2. of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort: "her moment of cheap triumph" Similar despicablecontemptiblelowbaseimmoralunscrupulousunprincipledunsavourydistastefulunpleasantmeanshabbysordidvulgartawdrylow-mindeddishonourablediscreditableignoblesorryshamefulinformal:beastlyarchaic:scurvyOpposite admirable
   • ▪ deserving contempt: "a cheap trick" Similar despicablecontemptiblelowbaseimmoralunscrupulousunprincipledunsavourydistastefulunpleasantmeanshabbysordidvulgartawdrylow-mindeddishonourablediscreditableignoblesorryshamefulinformal:beastlyarchaic:scurvyOpposite admirable
   • ▪ miserly: informal North American "she's too cheap to send me a postcard" Similar miserlyniggardlyclose-fistedparsimoniouspenny-pinchingcheese-paringungenerouspenuriousilliberalclosegraspinggreedyavariciousacquisitiveScrooge-likemeanmiserableinformal:tight-fistedstingytightmingymoney-grubbingskinflintygrabbyhungryvulgar slang:tight as a duck's arsetight-arsetight-arsedtight-asstight-assedarchaic:nearniggard

   adverb

   • 1. at or for a low price: "a house that was going cheap because of the war"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old Englishcēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cheapish adjective

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