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adjective
1.
costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
2.
costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap.
3.
charging low prices: a very cheap store.
4.
of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy: cheap conduct; cheap workmanship.
5.
embarrassed; sheepish: He felt cheap about his mistake.
adverb
9.
at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap.
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10.
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive: I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price.
11.
on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically: She enjoys traveling on the cheap.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
cheap·ish, adjective
cheap·ish·ly, adverb
cheap·ly, adverb
cheap·ness, noun
o·ver·cheap, adjective
Synonyms
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.. 4. paltry, low, poor, inferior, base.
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.. 4. paltry, low, poor, inferior, base.
Antonyms
1. costly, dear, expensive. 8. generous, charitable.
1. costly, dear, expensive. 8. generous, charitable.
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cheap (tʃiːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value |
| 2. | charging low prices: a cheap hairdresser |
| 3. | of poor quality; shoddy: cheap furniture; cheap and nasty |
| 4. | worth relatively little: promises are cheap |
| 5. | not worthy of respect; vulgar |
| 6. | ashamed; embarrassed: to feel cheap |
| 7. | stingy; miserly |
| 8. | informal mean; despicable: a cheap liar |
| 9. | cheap as chips See chip |
| 10. | informal dirt cheap extremely inexpensive |
| —n | |
| 11. | informal (Brit) on the cheap at a low cost |
| —adv | |
| 12. | at very little cost |
| [Old English ceap barter, bargain, price, property; related to Old Norse kaup bargain, Old High German kouf trade, Latin caupō innkeeper] | |
| 'cheapish | |
| —adj | |
| 'cheaply | |
| —adv | |
| 'cheapness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cheap
O.E. ceap (n.) "a purchase," from ceapian (v.) "trade," probably early Gmc. borrowing from L. caupo (gen. cauponis) "petty tradesman, huckster." Adj. sense of "that may be bought at small cost" first attested 1509, from god chep "favorable bargain," translation of Fr. a bon marche, a sense represented
in O.E. by undeor. Sense of "lightly esteemed, common" is from 1591. Expression on the cheap is first attested 1888.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
cheap
In addition to the idioms beginning with cheap, also see dirt cheap; on the cheap.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The food sold at bodegas, small markets, and convenience stores in inner cities is frequently of poor quality and cheap.
With the money he bought himself a suit of cheap, flashy clothes.
And corn-based plastics are starting to look cheap, now that oil prices are so high.
Making health-care insurance more available will not make it cheap.
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