Definition of Cheap

cheap

cheap (c̸hēp)

adjective

- low in price or cost; not expensive
- charging low prices a chain of cheap stores
- spending or able to spend little a cheaper clientele
- worth more than the price
- costing little labour or trouble; easily gotten a cheap victory
- of little value or poor quality; virtually worthless
- deserving of scorn; contemptible made cheap by their own behaviour
- Informal stingy; niggardly
- Econ. lowered in exchange value or buying power; also, available at low interest rates: said of money

Etymology: < good cheap, favourable bargain < ME god chep (used as transl. of OFr à bon marché) < OE ceap, a purchase, bargain, akin to Ger kaufen, to buy; ult. < L caupo, petty tradesman

adverb

at a low cost; cheaply

noun

- a market: now only in place names Cheapside
- Obsolete a bargain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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