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

1. cheap, inexpensiveadjective

   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, trashyadjective

   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, tinnyadjective

   of very poor quality; flimsy

4. cheap, chinchy, chintzyadjective

   embarrassingly stingy

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cheapnoun

   Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.

2. cheapnoun

   A market; marketplace.

3. cheapnoun

   Price.

4. cheapnoun

   A low price; a bargain.

   a good cheap

5. cheapnoun

   Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.

6. cheapverb

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

7. cheapverb

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

8. cheapverb

   To buy; purchase.

9. cheapverb

   To sell.

10. cheapadjective

    Low and/or reduced in price.

11. cheapadjective

    Of poor quality.

12. cheapadjective

    Of little worth.

13. cheapadjective

    underhand; dubious.

14. cheapadjective

    frugal; stingy

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CHIP, Cheap, Chipping

   in the names of places, imply a market; from the Sax. cyppan ceapan , to buy. Edmund Gibson Cam.

2. CHEAPadjective

   Etymology: ceapan, Sax. koopen, Dutch, to buy.

   1. To be had at a low rate; purchased for a small price.

   Where there are a great many sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. On the other side, raise up a great many buyers for a few sellers, and the same thing will immediately turn dear. John Locke.

   2. Of small value; easy to be had; not respected.

   The goodness, that is cheap in beauty, makes
   Beauty brief in goodness. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

   Had I so lavish of my presence been
   So common hackney’d in the eyes of men,
   So stale and cheap to vulgar company. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   He that is too much in any thing, so that he giveth another occasion of society, maketh himself cheap. Francis Bacon.

   May your sick fame still languish till it die,
   And you grow cheap in every subject’s eye. Dryden.

   The usual titles of distinction, which belong to us, are turned into terms of derision and reproach, and every way is taken by profane men, towards rendering us cheap and contemptible. Francis Atterbury.

3. Cheapnoun

   Market; purchase; bargain; as good cheap; [ a bon marche, Fr.]

   Etymology: cheping is an old word for market; whence Eastcheap, Cheapside.

   The same wine that comes out of Candia, which we pay so dear for now a days, in that good world was very good cheap. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   It is many a man’s case to tire himself out with hunting after that abroad, which he carries about him all the while, and may have it better cheap at home. Roger L'Estrange.

   Some few insulting cowards, who love to vapour good cheap, may trample on those who give least resistance. Decay of Piety.

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

1. Cheapnoun

   a bargain; a purchase; cheapness

2. Cheapnoun

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

3. Cheapnoun

   of comparatively small value; common; mean

4. Cheapadverb

   cheaply

5. Cheapverb

   to buy; to bargain

6. Etymology: [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

3. Peach

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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. Wayne LaPierre:

   Make no mistake: with an opportunity for the president to score political points and claim a cheap victory, this executive action is a bright red line that law-abiding gun owners should cross at their own peril, let me be clear: the NRA will fight this illegal overreach more aggressively than we have ever challenged anything.

2. Pavel Molchanov:

   It was expensive. Nothing Warren Buffett does come cheap. Wall Street analysts've known that for a long time.

3. Anne Chapas:

   We…have a more mobile society – cheap flight to islands…more outdoor and leisure activities.

4. Jason Arnold:

   You would load up a Humvee and help toss garbage out, every time we went out, they would just hand out those cheap, paper filter masks. We knew it was bad, but if you’re given an order, you do it.

5. Charles Jacobs:

   Europe is looking cheap, especially with the dollar being so strong, most sectors are open for business. It's almost a question of where is there not going to be M&A.

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