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Definition of: cheap
(chēp) adjective
1. Bearing or bringing a low price in the market; that may be bought at low price; inexpensive.
2. Obtainable at a low rate.
3. Depreciated: said of money.
4. Being of little value; hence, poor; of inferior quality.
5. Not esteemed.
6. Low: a cheap person.
7. Embarrassed; sheepish. See synonyms under BASE, COMMON.
—noun Obs.
1. A market; still used in combination in some place names: Cheapside and Eastcheap in London.
2. A bargain.
—adverb In a cheap manner [Earlier good cheap a bargain <OE ceap business, trade]
—cheap′ly adverb
—cheap′.ness noun
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