cheap


Definition: Meaning of, cheap in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʃiːp /

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cheap cheaper cheapest
  1. low price not at all expensive, or lower in price than you expected
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  2. bad quality low in price and quality
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  3. not expensive to use not costing much to use or to employ [=  inexpensive]
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  4. not deserving respect showing a lack of honesty, moral principles, or sincere feelings, so that you do not deserve respect
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  5. not generous American English not liking to spend money [=  mean British English]
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  6. cheap thrill excitement that does not take much effort to get
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  7. life is cheap used to say that it is not important if people die
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  8. cheap at the price/at any price British English , cheap at twice the price so good, useful, or desirable that the cost is not important
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cheap cheaper cheapest
  1. at a low price
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  1. on the cheap spending less money than is needed to do something properly
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cheap used in phrases

  • cheap money (noun)
    1. credit available at low rates of interest
  • cheap shot (noun)
    1. an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person
    2. an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence
  • cheap-jack (noun)
    1. a seller of shoddy goods
  • dirt cheap
    1. extremely cheap
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