What does cheap mean?
Definitions for cheap
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word cheap.
Princeton's WordNet
cheap, inexpensiveadjective
relatively low in price or charging low prices
"it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashyadjective
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinnyadjective
of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap, chinchy, chintzyadjective
embarrassingly stingy
Wiktionary
cheapnoun
Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
cheapnoun
A market; marketplace.
cheapnoun
Price.
cheapnoun
A low price; a bargain.
a good cheap
cheapnoun
Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
cheapverb
To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
cheapverb
To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
cheapverb
To buy; purchase.
cheapverb
To sell.
cheapadjective
Low and/or reduced in price.
cheapadjective
Of poor quality.
cheapadjective
Of little worth.
cheapadjective
underhand; dubious.
cheapadjective
frugal; stingy
Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire.
Webster Dictionary
Cheapnoun
a bargain; a purchase; cheapness
Etymology: [AS. cep bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
Cheapnoun
having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value
Etymology: [AS. cep bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
Cheapnoun
of comparatively small value; common; mean
Etymology: [AS. cep bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
Cheapadverb
cheaply
Etymology: [AS. cep bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
Cheapverb
to buy; to bargain
Etymology: [AS. cep bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
Freebase
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
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cheap' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2937
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cheap' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1214
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cheap' in Adjectives Frequency: #183
Anagrams for cheap »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cheap in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cheap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of cheap in a Sentence
It's at least a short-term positive for uranium prices, but longer term, it could mean they are not going to be buying as much. By building up the stockpile now, they are getting uranium at a cheap price.
With the Qataris adding more capacity at a very cheap cost, it does not make financial sense for U.S. companies to be building greenfield projects.
What matters is that the stock is cheap and you can create a ton of value by using excess capital that's available right now.
From where I sit obviously money is very cheap right now and bond prices reflect a full-blown recession, but I don't think that's in the offing, we are going through a weak patch now but it feels like as the days pass and it's clear that inflation is not obsolete, the market will have to re-price for that.
They basically just got it wrong where the risks were, and they bought things that looked cheap but kept getting cheaper.
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- goedkoopAfrikaans
- رَخِيصArabic
- ucuzAzerbaijani
- осһоҙ, арзанBashkir
- та́нныBelarusian
- е́втин, намален, долнокачественBulgarian
- সস্তাBengali
- baratCatalan, Valencian
- levnýCzech
- йӳнӗChuvash
- tarvelig, billigDanish
- geizig, preisgünstig, billig, preiswertGerman
- φτηνόςGreek
- barato, corriente, económicoSpanish
- odavEstonian
- merkeBasque
- ارزان, مفتPersian
- pihi, vähäarvoinen, halpa, huono, alennettu, kehnoFinnish
- bon marché, [[pas]] [[cher]], au rabais, [[peu]] [[cher]], à deux balles, modique, radin, pas cherFrench
- saorIrish
- barato, barateiroGalician
- neuphriosoilManx
- זול, זולהHebrew
- सस्ताHindi
- olcsó, értéktelenHungarian
- էժանագին, էժանArmenian
- murahIndonesian
- chipaIdo
- ódýrIcelandic
- scadente, economicoItalian
- 安価, 激安, 安い, 安っぽい, 安物Japanese
- იაფფასიანიGeorgian
- арзанKazakh
- ថោកKhmer
- 싼, 싸다Korean
- هەرزان, توڕەهات, بێقیمەتKurdish
- арзанKyrgyz
- vīlisLatin
- bëllegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຖືກLao
- pigus, pigiLithuanian
- lētsLatvian
- евтин, неквалите́тен, поевтинет, намален, сниженMacedonian
- хямд төсөрMongolian
- murahMalay
- irħisMaltese
- သက်သာBurmese
- billigNorwegian
- laagwaardig, in aanbieding, goedkoop, onduur, ordinair, afgeprijsd, betaalbaar, waardeloos, schamelDutch
- tandetny, taniPolish
- ارزانPashto, Pushto
- vil, barateado, reles, baratoPortuguese
- bunmarcho, bùnmartgieu, bunmarchà, bunmartgea, bienmarcau, bunmartgàRomansh
- ieftinRomanian
- прижи́мистый, скупо́й, ска́редный, дешёвый, низкока́чественный, низкопро́бный, нека́чественный, недорого́йRussian
- јефтин, jeftin, nekvalitetan, неквалитетанSerbo-Croatian
- බාල, ලාභSinhala, Sinhalese
- lacnýSlovak
- poceni, cenenSlovene
- lirëAlbanian
- billig, nedsattSwedish
- స్వల్ప లాభం, తగ్గింపు ధర, తక్కువ రకం, చౌకTelugu
- арзонTajik
- ถูกThai
- arzanTurkmen
- muraTagalog
- ucuzTurkish
- арзанTatar
- ئەرزانUyghur, Uighur
- деше́вийUkrainian
- ارزاں, سستاUrdu
- arzonUzbek
- rẻVietnamese
- jerikVolapük
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