Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cheap
Cheap
cheap
adj. & adv. --adj. 1 low in price; worth more than its cost (a cheap holiday; cheap labour). 2 charging low prices; offering good value (a cheap restaurant). 3 of poor quality; inferior (cheap housing). 4 a costing little effort or acquired by discreditable means and hence of little worth (cheap popularity; a cheap joke). b contemptible; despicable (a cheap criminal). --adv. cheaply (got it cheap). Phrases and idioms cheap and nasty of low cost and bad quality. dirt cheap very cheap. feel cheap feel ashamed or contemptible. on the cheap cheaply. Derivatives cheapish adj. cheaply adv. cheapness n. Etymology: obs. phr. good cheap f. cheap a bargain f. OE ceap barter, ult. f. L caupo innkeeper
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English chep, from Old English cēap trade; akin to Old High German kouf trade; both ultimately from Latin caupo tradesman Date: before 12th century bargain, II. adjective Date: 1509 1. purchasable below the going price or the real value, charging or obtainable at a low price , depreciated in value (as by currency inflation) , gained or done with little effort , 3. of inferior quality or worth ; tawdry, sleazy , contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities , stingy , obtainable at a low rate of interest, ~ adverb ~ish adjective ~ishly adverb ~ly adverb ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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