cheap

[cheap]

Something cheap doesn't cost much money. But watch out, because cheap things are also often cheaply made.

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A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

Adjective
relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

Adjective S.
embarrassingly stingy

Adjective S.
of very poor quality

Adjective S.
tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"


n.
A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

n.
Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

n.
Of comparatively small value; common; mean.

adv.
Cheaply.

v. i.
To buy; to bargain.


Cheap

Cheap , n. [AS. ce'a0p bargain, sale, price; akin to D. Koop purchase, G. Kauf, ICel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.] A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]
The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe.

Cheap

Cheap, a. [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon march'82, '85 bon march'82. See Cheap, n., Cheapen.] 1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.
Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap.
2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
You grow cheap in every subject's eye.
Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]

Cheap

Cheap, adv. Cheaply. Milton.

Cheap

Cheap, v. i. To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cheapen

Cheap"en , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ce'a0pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup'd3n to trade. Cf. Chap to bargain.] 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.]
Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy.
2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. Pope.
My proffered love has cheapened me.

A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

Cheaply.

To buy; to bargain.

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Usage Examples

I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Hats have been my thing pretty much my whole life but finance has not. I would go to the corner store and buy really cheap baseball style caps and wear those to school.

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

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Other Usage Examples

Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.

Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.

I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips.

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