cheap English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (dialectal)
Noun
( en noun)
Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
A market; marketplace.
Price.
A low price; a bargain.
* Shakespeare
- The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe.
Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
Adjective
( er)
Low and/or reduced in price.
* John Locke
- Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap .
* , chapter=3
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Out of the gloom
, passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}
Of poor quality.
Of little worth.
* Dryden
- You grow cheap in every subject's eye.
(slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) underhand; dubious.
(derogatory) Frugal; stingy.
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Synonyms
* bargain, inexpensive, frugal, no frills, priced-off
* (of poor quality) flimsy
Antonyms
* (low or reduced in price) dear, expensive, high-priced, pricey,
* (of low value) precious, valuable
Related terms
(terms derived from cheap)
* chapman
* cheap and cheerful
* cheap as chips
* cheap drunk
* cheapen
* cheap-jack
* cheaply
* cheapness
* cheapskate
* cheapstead
* el cheapo
* talk is cheap
* hold cheap
See also
*
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
(obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
(obsolete) To buy; purchase.
(obsolete) To sell.
Usage notes
Use of cheap as a verb has been surpassed by .
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chief Noun
( en noun)
(senseid)A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 4:
- My father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief by both blood and custom.
(heraldiccharge) The top part of a shield or escutcheon.
* 1889 , Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry :
- When the Chief' is Charged with any figure, in blazon it is said to be "''On a '''Chief ".
(senseid)A head officer in a department, organization etc.; a boss.
- All firefighters report to the fire chief .
An informal address to an equal.
- Hey, chief.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
(chief)
* chief constable
* chiefess
* chief executive
* chief executive officer/CEO
* chief legal officer
* chief mate
* chief of staff
* chief of state
* chief petty officer
* commander in chief
* dexter chief
* editor in chief
* fire chief
* in chief
* police chief
* war chief
Related terms
* captain
* chef
* chieftain
Adjective
( -)
Primary; principal.
- Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.
See also
* chef
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