cheap

cheap  (chp)

adj. cheap·er, cheap·est

1.

a. Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive.

b. Charging low prices: a cheap restaurant.

2.

a. Obtainable at a low rate of interest. Used especially of money.

b. Devalued, as in buying power: cheap dollars.

3. Achieved with little effort: a cheap victory; cheap laughs.

4. Of or considered of small value: in wartime, when life was cheap.

5. Of poor quality; inferior: a cheap toy.

6. Worthy of no respect; vulgar or contemptible: a cheap gangster.

7. Stingy; miserly.

adv. cheaper, cheapest

Inexpensively: got the new car cheap.

Idioms:

cheap at twice the price

Extremely inexpensive.

on the cheap

By inexpensive means; cheaply: traveled to Europe on the cheap.

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[From Middle English (god) chep, (good) price, purchase, bargain, from Old English cap, trade, from Latin caup, shopkeeper.]

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cheaply adv.

cheapness n.

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cheap [tʃiːp]

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

cheap as chips See chip [11]

dirt cheap Informal extremely inexpensive

n

on the cheap Brit informal at a low cost

adv

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

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cheap - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" inexpensive expensive - high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
	2.	cheap - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, brassy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
	3.	cheap - of very poor quality; flimsy bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality
	4.	cheap - embarrassingly stingy chinchy, chintzy stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

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cheap

adjective

1. inexpensive, sale, economy, reduced, keen, reasonable, bargain, low-priced, low-cost, cut-price, economical, cheapo (informal) Smoke detectors are cheap and easy to put up. People want good service at a cheap price.
inexpensive dear, expensive, steep, costly, pricey (informal)

2. inferior, poor, worthless, second-rate, shoddy, tawdry, tatty, trashy, substandard, low-rent (informal, chiefly U.S.), two-bit (U.S. & Canad. slang), crappy (slang), two a penny, rubbishy, dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), tinhorn (U.S. slang) Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing.
inferior good, valuable, decent, superior, elegant, admirable, high-class, tasteful

3. (Informal) despicable, mean, low, base, vulgar, sordid, contemptible, scurvy, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) That was a cheap trick to play on anyone.
despicable good, decent, generous, charitable, admirable, honourable

Translations

cheap [tʃiːp]

A. ADJ (cheaper (compar) (cheapest (superl)))

1. (= inexpensive) [goods, labour, shop, ticket] → barato; [imports] → a bajo precio; [loan, credit] → a bajo interés
it's ten pence cheaper → es diez peniques más barato
it's cheaper to buy than to rent → sale más económico or barato comprar que alquilar
gas cookers are cheaper to run → las cocinas de gas salen or resultan más económicas
these cars are very cheap to produce → la fabricación de estos coches sale muy barata
cheap labour → mano f de obra barata
cheap money → dinero m barato
dresses at ridiculously cheap prices → vestidos a unos precios regalados
it's cheap at the price → está bien de precio, es barato para lo que es
that's cheap at half the price! → ¡es más que regalado!
cheap rate → tarifa f reducida
cheap and cheerful → bueno, bonito y barato
see also dirt-cheap

2. (= poor-quality) [product] → barato, corriente
beware of cheap imitations! → ¡esté al tanto de imitaciones baratas!
cheap and nasty → ordinario, chabacano

3. (= vulgar, mean) [joke] → ordinario, chabacano; [behaviour, tactics] → rastrero; [remark, question] → de mal gusto; [opportunism, sensationalism] → barato; [promises] → fácil
a cheap laugh → la risa fácil
cheap thrills → placeres mpl baratos
a cheap trick → una mala pasada

4. (= not deserving respect) → bajo, indigno
to feel cheap → sentirse humillado
they hold life cheap there → allí la vida no vale nada
to look cheap → parecer ordinario, tener un aspecto ordinario
to make o.s. cheap → rebajarse, humillarse

B. ADV [buy, sell] → barato
it's going cheap → se vende barato
quality doesn't come cheap → la calidad hay que pagarla

C. N on the cheap [decorate, travel] → en plan barato
to do sth on the cheap → hacer algo en plan barato
to buy or get sth on the cheap → comprar algo por poco dinero or a bajo precio

D. CPD cheap shot N → golpe m bajo

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cheap [ˈtʃiːp]

adj

(= inexpensive) → bon marché inv, pas cher*(chère)
a cheap T-shirt → un T-shirt bon marché, un T-shirt pas cher
to be cheap → être bon marché
to be cheap to run (= car, appliance) → être économique
life is cheap → la vie a peu de valeur
cheaper → moins cher*(chère)
significantly cheaper → nettement moins cher*(chère)

(= reduced) [ticket] → à prix réduit; [fare, rate] → réduit(e)

(= poor quality) → de qualité médiocre

[joke] → facile; [remark, point] → facile

adv → à bon marché, pour pas cher
to buy sth cheap → acheter qch pour pas cher
to sell sth cheap → vendre qch pour pas cher

n
to do sth on the cheap (pejorative) → faire qch au rabais

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cheap

adj (+er)

also adv (= inexpensive) → billig; I got it cheap → ich habe es billig gekriegt; it’s going cheap → es ist billig zu haben; it doesn’t come cheap → es ist nicht billig; cheap and cheerful → preiswert; it’s cheap at the price → es ist spottbillig; to hold something cheap → etw gering achten; human life is cheap → ein Menschenleben ist nicht viel wert

(= poor quality) → billig, minderwertig; everything they sell is cheap and nasty → sie verkaufen nur Ramsch

(fig: = mean, shallow, sexually cheap) joke, flattery, thrill, girl → billig; person, behaviour, appearance → ordinär; to feel cheap → sich (dat) → schäbig vorkommen; how can you be so cheap! → wie kannst du nur so gemein sein!; to make oneself cheap → sich entwürdigen; (by loose living) → sich wegwerfen

n on the cheap → auf die billige Tour (inf); to buy something on the cheap (inf) → etw für einen Pappenstiel (inf) → or einen Apfel und ein Ei (inf) → kaufen; to make something on the cheap (inf) → etw ganz billig produzieren

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cheap [tʃiːp]

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (low cost, goods) → a buon mercato, a basso or buon prezzo, economico/a; (reduced, ticket) → a prezzo ridotto; (fare) → ridotto/a; (poor quality) → scadente, di cattiva qualità; (vulgar, mean, joke, behaviour, trick) → volgare, grossolano/a, dozzinale
it was cheap at the price → sono stati soldi ben spesi
this stuff is cheap and nasty → questa roba è veramente scadente
cheaper → meno caro/a, più economico/a
cheap money (Fin) → denaro a basso tasso di interesse
to feel cheap (about) → provare vergogna or vergognarsi (di or per)

2. adv → a buon prezzo or mercato

3. n on the cheap (fam) → a risparmio

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cheap [tʃiːp]

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (low cost, goods) → a buon mercato, a basso or buon prezzo, economico/a; (reduced, ticket) → a prezzo ridotto; (fare) → ridotto/a; (poor quality) → scadente, di cattiva qualità; (vulgar, mean, joke, behaviour, trick) → volgare, grossolano/a, dozzinale
it was cheap at the price → sono stati soldi ben spesi
this stuff is cheap and nasty → questa roba è veramente scadente
cheaper → meno caro/a, più economico/a
cheap money (Fin) → denaro a basso tasso di interesse
to feel cheap (about) → provare vergogna or vergognarsi (di or per)

2. adv → a buon prezzo or mercato

3. n on the cheap (fam) → a risparmio

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cheap

adj cheap [tʃiːp]

1 low in price Eggs are cheap just now. goedkoop رَخيص евтин levný billig billig φτηνός barato odav ارزان halpa bon marché זוֹל सस्ता jeftin olcsó murah ódÿr economico 安い 값싼 pigus lēts murah goedkoop billig tani barato ieftin дешёвый lacný poceni jeftin billig ถูก ucuz 便宜的 дешевий سستا ، ارزاں rẻ 便宜的

2 of poor quality; vulgar; contemptible cheap jewellery; a cheap trick. gemene رديء النوع، رَديء النَّوْع، رَخيص долнопробен laciný, bídný billig; simpel; tarvelig minderwertig φτηνιάρικος, κακής ποιότητας ordinario odav, väheväärtuslik کم ارزش؛ نامرغوب halpa, halpa-arvoinen de mauvaise qualité, minable זוֹל घटिया jeftin, nizak, banalan értéktelen murahan lélegur, ódÿr, fyrirlitlegur dozzinale, scadente 安っぽい 싸구려의 prastas zemas kvalitātes; sekls kurang berkualiti goedkoop simpel, tarvelig tandetny ordinário ieftin, de proastă calitate дешёвый lacný cenen jeftin billig, tarvlig, lättköpt คุณภาพต่ำ adî, bayağı 低劣的，粗俗的 дешевий, поганий گھٹیا ، نکما ، بے وقعت thuộc chất lượng kém 低劣的

adv cheaply

goedkoop بِرُخْصٍ евтино levně billigt; simpelt; tarveligt billig φτηνά barato, a bajo precio odavalt بطور ارزان halvalla à bon marché בְּזוֹל सस्ते में jeftin, banalan olcsón dengan murah ódÿrt a buon mercato 安く 싸게 pigiai, prastai lēti; sekli dengan murah goedkoop billig; simpelt tanio barato ieftin дёшево lacno poceni jeftino billigt อย่างราคาถูก çok ucuza, yok pahasına, niteliksiz 便宜地 дешево ارزانی سے một cách rẻ tiền 便宜地

n cheapness

goedkoopheid رُرُخْصٍ евтиния láce lavpris; tarvelighed die Billigkeit φτήνια baratura, vulgaridad odavus ارزانی halpuus bas prix זוֹלוּת सस्तापन jeftinoća olcsóság harga rendah lágt verð; ómerkilegheit convenienza, basso costo 安価 저렴 pigumas lētums; seklums kemurahan het goedkoop zijn lavpris; tarvelighet taniość, mała wartość vulgaridade ieftinătate дешевизна lacnota, nízka cena cenenost jeftinoća lättköpthet, tarvlighet ราคาถูก adîlik, bayağılık 便宜 дешевизна ارزانی ، گھٹیا پن sự rẻ tiền 便宜

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cheap → رخيص levný billig billig φτηνός barato halpa bon marché jeftin conveniente 安い 싼 goedkoop billig tani barato дешевый billig อย่างถูก ucuz rẻ 便宜的