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cheap

Pronunciation: /tʃiːp/

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Definition of cheap

adjective

1low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services:local buses were reliable and cheap
charging low prices:a cheap restaurant
inexpensive because of inferior quality:cheap, shoddy goods

2of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort:her moment of cheap triumph
deserving contempt:a cheap trick
North American informal miserly:she’s too cheap to send me a postcard

adverb

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

Phrases

cheap and cheerful: British simple and inexpensive.
cheap and nasty: British of low cost and bad quality:the materials can seem a bit cheap and nasty
(as) cheap as chips: British informal very inexpensive:the second-hand copies are cheap as chips [as modifier]:cheap-as-chips jewellery
cheap at the price (or humorous at half the price): British well worth having, regardless of the cost: as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price
on the cheap: informal at low cost: proper care cannot be provided on the cheap

Derivatives

cheapish
cheaply
cheapness

Origin:

late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap 'a good bargain', from Old English cēap 'bargaining, trade', based on Latin caupo 'small trader, innkeeper'

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cheap

adjective

adverb

Phrases

cheap and cheerful

cheap and nasty

(as) cheap as chips

cheap at the price (or humorous at half the price)

on the cheap

Derivatives

cheapish

cheaply

cheapness

Origin:

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