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   Cheap

   /CHēp/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of an item for sale) low in price; worth more than its cost: "they bought some cheap fruit" 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
   • ▪ miserly; stingy: "she's too cheap to send me a postcard" Similar miserlyniggardlyclose-fistedparsimoniouspenny-pinchingcheeseparingungenerouspenuriousilliberalclosegraspinggreedyavariciousacquisitiveScroogelikemeanmiserableinformal:tightfistedstingytightmingymoney-grubbingskinflintygrabbyhungryvulgar slang:tight as a duck's arsetight-arsetight-arsedtight-asstight-assedarchaic:nearniggard
   • ▪ of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort: "her moment of cheap triumph" Similar despicablecontemptiblelowbaseimmoralunscrupulousunprincipledunsavorydistastefulunpleasantmeanshabbysordidvulgartawdrylow-mindeddishonorablediscreditableignoblesorryshamefulinformal:beastlyarchaic:scurvyOpposite admirable
   • ▪ deserving of contempt: "a cheap trick" Similar despicablecontemptiblelowbaseimmoralunscrupulousunprincipledunsavorydistastefulunpleasantmeanshabbysordidvulgartawdrylow-mindeddishonorablediscreditableignoblesorryshamefulinformal:beastlyarchaic:scurvyOpposite admirable

   adverb

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

   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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   costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress. Antonyms: expensive, dear, costly. costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap. charging low prices: a very cheap store. of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy: cheap conduct; cheap workmanship.

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   costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress. costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap. charging low prices: a very cheap store.

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   Definitions of cheap. adjective. relatively low in price or charging low prices. “it would have been cheap at twice the price” synonyms: inexpensive. bargain-priced, cut-price, cut-rate. costing less than standard price. catchpenny. designed to sell quickly without concern for quality. dirt cheap. very cheap. low-budget.