Definitions for cheap
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cheap, inexpensive(adj)

   relatively low in price or charging low prices

   "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy(adj)

   tastelessly showy

   "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

3. bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny(adj)

   of very poor quality; flimsy

4. cheap, chinchy, chintzy(adj)

   embarrassingly stingy

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cheap(Noun)

   Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.

2. cheap(Noun)

   A market; marketplace.

3. cheap(Noun)

   Price.

4. cheap(Noun)

   A low price; a bargain.

   a good cheap

5. cheap(Noun)

   Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.

6. cheap(Verb)

   To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.

7. cheap(Verb)

   To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.

8. cheap(Verb)

   To buy; purchase.

9. cheap(Verb)

   To sell.

10. cheap(Adjective)

    Low and/or reduced in price.

11. cheap(Adjective)

    Of poor quality.

12. cheap(Adjective)

    Of little worth.

13. cheap(Adjective)

    underhand; dubious.

14. cheap(Adjective)

    frugal; stingy

    Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cheap(noun)

   a bargain; a purchase; cheapness

2. Cheap(noun)

   having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value

3. Cheap(noun)

   of comparatively small value; common; mean

4. Cheap(adverb)

   cheaply

5. Cheap(verb)

   to buy; to bargain

Origin: [AS. cep bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]

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1. Cheap

   Cheap is the debut album from Seasick Steve. It consists of songs by him and his Swedish/Norwegian band The Level Devils, and also two stories from his life as a hobo. The Level Devils consisted at this time of Kai Christoffersen playing the drums and Jo Husmo bass. Dan Magnusson subsequently took over drumming duties.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cheap

   chēp, adj. low in price: of a place where prices are low, as 'a cheap market:' of a low price in relation to the value: easily obtained: of small value, or reckoned at such.—v.t. Cheap′en, to ask the price of a thing: to make cheap, to lower the price of: to lower the reputation of: to beat down the price of.—n. Cheap′ener.—adv. Cheap′ly.—n. Cheap′ness.—Cheap Jack, or John, a travelling hawker who pretends to give great bargains; Cheap labour, labour paid at a poor rate; Cheap trip, an excursion by rail or steamer at a reduced fare; Cheap-tripper, one who goes on such a trip.—Dirt cheap, ridiculously cheap.—On the cheap, cheap or cheaply.—To be cheap of anything (Scot.), to get off with less than one deserved or expected, as of punishment. [Orig. good cheap, i.e. a good bargain; A.S. ceap, price, a bargain; A.S. céapian, Ice. kaupa, Ger. kaufen, to buy; Scot. coup—all borrowed from L. caupo, a huckster.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cheap' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2937

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cheap' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1214

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cheap' in Adjectives Frequency: #183

Anagrams for cheap »

1. chape

2. peach, Peach

3. Peach

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cheap in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cheap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of cheap in a Sentence

1. Rudy Giuliani:

   This is a cheap shot.

2. Tarkaoui Oussama:

   Cheap, people can be.

3. Raja Zaatry:

   They provide cheap labor.

4. Masayoshi Son:

   I think they're too cheap.

5. William Ackman:

   I think stocks are pretty cheap.

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