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cheap
[ cheep ]
adjective
- costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive:
a cheap dress.
Antonyms: , ,
- costing little labor or trouble:
51Թs are cheap.
- charging low prices:
a very cheap store.
- of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy:
cheap conduct; cheap workmanship.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- embarrassed; sheepish:
He felt cheap about his mistake.
- obtainable at a low rate of interest:
when money is cheap.
- of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation.
- stingy; miserly:
He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee.
Antonyms: ,
adverb
- at a low price; at small cost:
He is willing to sell cheap.
cheap
/ ʃː /
adjective
- costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value
- charging low prices
a cheap hairdresser
- of poor quality; shoddy
cheap and nasty
cheap furniture
- worth relatively little
promises are cheap
- not worthy of respect; vulgar
- ashamed; embarrassed
to feel cheap
- stingy; miserly
- informal.mean; despicable
a cheap liar
- cheap as chipsSee chip
- dirt cheap informal.extremely inexpensive
noun
- on the cheap informal.at a low cost
adverb
- at very little cost
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ辱, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- i adjective
- i·ly adverb
- l adverb
- n noun
- v· adjective
- over·l adverb
- over·n noun
- un·l adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cheap1
Idioms and Phrases
- cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price.
- on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically:
She enjoys traveling on the cheap.
More idioms and phrases containing cheap
- dirt cheap
- on the cheap
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
His suspension for picking up a cheap yellow card in the victory over Real Madrid in the Bernabeu meant Arteta had to rejig his midfield.
The cheapest Kop match ticket is still £39 while the most expensive remains at £45, "exactly the same as they were almost 15 years ago", the club said.
Trump's tariffs in 2016 sent a glut of cheap Chinese imports, originally intended for the US, into South East Asia, hurting many local manufacturers.
It's also likely to become faster, cheaper and easier to do, explains Dr Brown, meaning it will become available to more patients rather than just a small number who are severely unwell.
It also wants to make dental care cheaper, by opening applications to a national insurance programme for 4.5 million Canadians aged 18 to 64.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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