cheap
[ cheep ]
/ tʃip /
adjective, cheap·er, cheap·est.
adverb
at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap.
Idioms for cheap
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.
Origin of cheap
before 900; Middle English
cheep (short for phrases, as
good cheep cheap, literally, good bargain), Old English
cēap bargain, market, trade; cognate with German
Kauf, Old Norse
kaup; all < Latin
caupō innkeeper, tradesman; see
chapman
ANTONYMS FOR cheap
synonym study for cheap
1, 4.
Cheap,
inexpensive agree in their suggestion of low cost.
Cheap now usually suggests shoddiness, inferiority, showy imitation, complete unworthiness, and the like:
a cheap kind of fur.
Inexpensive emphasizes lowness of price (although more expensive than
cheap ) and suggests that the value is fully equal to the cost:
an inexpensive dress. It is often used as an evasion for the more specific
cheap.
OTHER WORDS FROM cheap
Words nearby cheap
chb,
chd,
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che guevara,
che sarà sarà,
cheap,
cheap at twice the price,
cheap out,
cheap shot,
cheap skate,
cheap-jack
Example sentences from the Web for cheap
British Dictionary definitions for cheap
cheap
/ (tʃiːp) /
adjective
noun
on the cheap British informal
at a low cost
adverb
at very little cost
Derived forms of cheap
cheapish, adjective cheaply, adverb cheapness, nounWord Origin for cheap
Old English
ceap barter, bargain, price, property; related to Old Norse
kaup bargain, Old High German
kouf trade, Latin
caupō innkeeper
Idioms and Phrases with cheap
cheap