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Recent Examples of cheap from the Web
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Cheap and Cheerful is a weekly column that highlights the chicest inexpensive finds. Because nothing’s more satisfying then looking good while spending less.
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Cheap and Cheerful is a weekly column that highlights the chicest inexpensive finds. Because nothing’s more satisfying then looking good while spending less.
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But at least those looking to drink cheap can do so in the Great Lakes State, right?
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There’s a reason museum-goers pause at the entrance to Life Is Cheap, Anicka Yi’s current show at the Guggenheim.
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Cheap and Cheerful is a weekly column that highlights the chicest, most inexpensive finds.
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Cheap, safe, nontoxic and readily available, vinegar can save you hundreds of dollars a year in cleaning supplies.
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Cheap eats The Back Deck 3323 Shore Drive, 757-481-7512, shellfishcova.com/index.php/the-back-deck $, L,
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The shale and fracking booms in the United States made natural gas cheap and abundant, pulling down the price of electricity and making power sources that NRG still depends on heavily — including coal, nuclear and renewables — less profitable.
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Origin and Etymology of cheap
Middle English chep, from Old English cēap trade; akin to Old High German kouf trade; both ultimately from Latin caupo tradesman
cheap
Definition of cheap
1a : purchasable below the going price or the real valueb : charging or obtainable at a low price a good cheap hotel cheap ticketsc : depreciated in value (as by currency inflation) cheap dollars
2 : gained or done with little effort a cheap victory talk is cheap
3a : of inferior quality or worth : tawdry, sleazy cheap workmanshipb : contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities feeling cheap I felt cheap, full of shame and guiltc : stingy My uncle was too cheap to pay for dinner.
4 of money : obtainable at a low rate of interest
cheap
adverbcheapishly
adverbcheapness
nounExamples of cheap in a Sentence
I always buy the cheapest brand of cereal.
curtains made of cheap material
He wears a cheap watch that's always breaking.
This gas station is cheaper than the one by the highway.
Don't be cheap—buy good quality tires for your car.
Recent Examples of cheap from the Web
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With solar power now cheaper than coal and gas, questions have been raised about China’s gung-ho investment in traditional thermal plants.
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And a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a real one.
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The future of grocery shopping is online—and incredibly cheap.
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And the effort won’t be cheap; eradication could cost one-quarter of New Zealand’s gross domestic product, according to some estimates.
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Simply selling a cheap, useful product wouldn’t be enough.
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The spread of crack was born out of an overstock of cocaine in countries that exported to the United States, a luxury industry becoming a horrifyingly efficient distributor of cheap, mass-market goods.
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Fans of the living dead have one man to thank for the birth of the modern cinematic zombie genre: George A. Romero, the filmmaker who made Night of the Living Dead on the cheap in 1968 and kicked off a zombie obsession that’s lasted for decades.
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This would be cheaper and less provocative than testing the KN-08, particularly as its second stage would quite possibly fall on Japan, setting off a furore.
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Origin and Etymology of cheap
see 1cheap
Other Economics Terms
CHEAP Defined for English Language Learners
cheap
Definition of cheap for English Language Learners
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: not costing a lot of money
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: of low quality : not worth a lot of money
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: charging low prices
CHEAP Defined for Kids
Definition of cheap for Students
cheaper
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1 : not costing much a cheap meal
2 : charging low prices a cheap hotel
3 : worth little : of low quality cheap perfume
4 : gained without much effort a cheap victory
5 : having little self-respect I feel cheap lying to her.
6 : not willing to share or spend money : stingy my cheap uncle
cheaply
adverbLearn More about cheap
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