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

Adjective

1. costing relatively little; inexpensive

2. of poor quality; shoddy: planks of cheap, splintery pine

3. not valued highly; not worth much: promises are cheap

4. Informal mean or despicable: a cheap jibe

Noun

on the cheap Brit informal at a low cost

Adverb

at a low cost [Old English ceap barter, price]

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) << OPPOSITE expensive

adjective 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) tinhorn U.S. (slang) bodger or bodgie Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE good

adjective 3. (Informal) despicable, mean, low, base, vulgar, sordid, contemptible, scurvy, scungy Austral., N.Z. << OPPOSITE decent

Translations

cheap [tʃiːp] adj → barato; [joke] → de mal gusto, chabacano (= poor quality); malo (= reduced) [ticket] → económico: [fare] → barato

adv → barato

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cheap [tʃiːp] adj → bon marché inv, pas cher(chère) (= reduced) [ticket] → à prix réduit: [fare] → réduit(e); [joke] → facile, d'un goût douteux (= poor quality); à bon marché, de qualité médiocre

adv → à bon marché, pour pas cher;

cheaper adj → moins cher(chère);

can you recommend a cheap hotel/restaurant, please? → pourriez-vous m'indiquer un hôtel/restaurant bon marché?

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cheap [tʃiːp] adj → billig;

(reduced) → ermäßigt;

(poor quality) → billig, minderwertig;

(behaviour, joke) → ordinär

adv to buy/sell sth cheap → etw billig kaufen/verkaufen

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cheap [tʃiːp] adj → a buon mercato (= reduced) [fare, ticket] → ridotto/a; [joke] → grossolano/a (= poor quality); di cattiva qualità

adv → a buon mercato;

cheaper → meno caro;

cheap day return → biglietto giornaliero ridotto di andata e ritorno;

cheap money → denaro a basso tasso di interesse

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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 싼 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 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