CHEAP

cheap, inexpensive

(adjective) relatively low in price or charging low prices; “it would have been cheap at twice the price”; “inexpensive family restaurants”

cheap, chinchy, chintzy

(adjective) embarrassingly stingy

bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny

(adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cheap (countable and uncountable, plural cheaps)

(obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.

(obsolete) A market; marketplace.

Price.

(obsolete) A low price; a bargain.

Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.

Adjective

cheap (comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)

Low and/or reduced in price.

Of poor quality.

Of little worth.

(slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.

(informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.

(finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

Synonyms

• (low/reduced in price): bargain, inexpensive, frugal, no-frills, priced-off

• (of poor quality): flimsy

Antonyms

• (low or reduced in price): dear, expensive, high-priced, pricey

• (of low value): precious, valuable

• (financial markets): rich

Verb

cheap (third-person singular simple present cheaps, present participle cheaping, simple past and past participle cheaped)

(intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.

(transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.

(transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.

(transitive, obsolete) To sell.

Usage notes

Use of cheap as a verb has been surpassed by cheapen.

Adverb

cheap (comparative more cheap, superlative most cheap)

Cheaply.

Anagrams

• Peach, Pecha, chape, chapé, peach

Source: Wiktionary

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Cheap, n. Etym: [AS. ceáp bargain, sale, price; akin to D. Koop purchase, G. Kauf, ICel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]

Definition: 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. Shak.

Cheap, a. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon marché, à bon marché. 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. Locke.

2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean. You grow cheap in every subject's eye. Dryden. Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]

Cheap, adv.

Definition: Cheaply. Milton.

Cheap, v. i.

Definition: To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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