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cheap
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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.

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

cheaply adv.
cheapness n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cheap - relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
expensive - high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
2.cheapcheap - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
3.cheap - of very poor quality; flimsy
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
stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

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] adjbarato; [joke] → de mal gusto, chabacano (= poor quality); malo (= reduced) [ticket] → económico: [fare] → barato
advbarato
cheap [tʃiːp] adjbon 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
advà bon marché, pour pas cher;
cheaper adjmoins cher(chère);
can you recommend a cheap hotel/restaurant, please? → pourriez-vous m'indiquer un hôtel/restaurant bon marché?
cheap [tʃiːp] adjbillig;
(reduced) → ermäßigt;
(poor quality) → billig, minderwertig;
(behaviour, joke) → ordinär
adv to buy/sell sth cheap → etw billig kaufen/verkaufen
cheap [tʃiːp] adja buon mercato (= reduced) [fare, ticket] → ridotto/a; [joke] → grossolano/a (= poor quality); di cattiva qualità
adva buon mercato;
cheaper → meno caro;
cheap day return → biglietto giornaliero ridotto di andata e ritorno;
cheap money → denaro a basso tasso di interesse

cheap
adj cheap [tʃiːp]
1 low in price Eggs are cheap just now.goedkoopرَخيصевтинlevnýbilligbilligφτηνόςbaratoodavارزانhalpabon marchéזוֹלसस्ताjeftinolcsómurahódÿreconomico安いpiguslētsmurahgoedkoopbilligtanibaratoieftinдешёвыйlacnýpocenijeftinbilligถูกucuz便宜的дешевийسستا ، ارزاںrẻ便宜的
2 of poor quality; vulgar; contemptible cheap jewellery; a cheap trick.gemeneرديء النوع، رَديء النَّوْع، رَخيصдолнопробенlaciný, bídnýbillig; simpel; tarveligminderwertigφτηνιάρικος, κακής ποιότηταςordinarioodav, väheväärtuslikکم ارزش؛ نامرغوبhalpa, halpa-arvoinende mauvaise qualité, minableזוֹלघटियाjeftin, nizak, banalanértéktelenmurahanlélegur, ódÿr, fyrirlitlegurdozzinale, scadente安っぽい싸구려의prastaszemas kvalitātes; seklskurang berkualitigoedkoopsimpel, tarveligtandetnyordinárioieftin, de proastă calitateдешёвыйlacnýcenenjeftinbillig, tarvlig, lättköptคุณภาพต่ำadî, bayağı低劣的дешевий, поганийگھٹیا ، نکما ، بے وقعتthuộc chất lượng kém
adv ˈcheaply
goedkoopبِرُخْصٍевтиноlevněbilligt; simpelt; tarveligtbilligφτηνάbarato, a bajo precioodavaltبطور ارزانhalvallabon marché àבְּזוֹלसस्ते मेंjeftin, banalanolcsóndengan murahódÿrta buon mercato安く싸게pigiai, prastailēti; seklidengan murahgoedkoopbillig; simpelttaniobaratoieftinдёшевоlacnopocenijeftinobilligtอย่างราคาถูกçok ucuza, yok pahasına, niteliksiz便宜地дешевоارزانی سےmột cách rẻ tiền便宜地
n ˈcheapness
goedkoopheidرُرُخْصٍевтинияlácelavpris; tarveligheddie Billigkeitφτήνιαbaratura, vulgaridadodavusارزانیhalpuusbas prixזוֹלוּתसस्तापनjeftinoćaolcsóságharga rendahlágt verð; ómerkilegheitconvenienza, basso costo安価저렴pigumaslētums; seklumskemurahanhet goedkoop zijnlavpris; tarvelighettaniość, mała wartośćvulgaridadeieftinătateдешевизнаlacnota, nízka cenacenenostjeftinoćalättköpthet, tarvlighetราคาถูกadîlik, bayağılık便宜дешевизнаارزانی ، گھٹیا پنsự rẻ tiền便

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