Cheap (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective, cheap·er, cheap·est.
  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.
  6. obtainable at a low rate of interest: when money is cheap.
  7. of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation.
  8. stingy; miserly: He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee.
adverb
  1. at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap.
Idioms
  1. exceedingly inexpensive: I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price.
  2. inexpensively; economically: She enjoys traveling on the cheap.
adjective
  1. costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value
  2. charging low prices
  3. of poor quality; shoddy
  4. worth relatively little
  5. not worthy of respect; vulgar
  6. ashamed; embarrassed
  7. stingy; miserly
  8. mean; despicable
  9. cheap as chips See chip (def. 11)
  10. extremely inexpensive
noun
  1. at a low cost
adverb
  1. at very little cost
Cheap (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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