Adjective

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(business) At a medium price, between luxury and low-end products

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Adjective

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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 .

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

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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.