Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A market; a market-place.
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- noun obsolete
Bargaining ,haggling .
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Examples
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The yearly “Grand Prize” winner gets a free trip to the San Diego Con (for three days and two nights, which is also cheaping out since the show runs five days).
PR: What Not to Do: Exploiting Models » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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When a studio spends tens of millions of dollars producing a film, and further tens of millions advertising it, cheaping out on a voice-over makes no sense.
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That's what you get for my dad cheaping out on stuff like this.
Windows 7 RC Will Start Nagging, Auto-Rebooting In March 2010 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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When a studio spends tens of millions of dollars producing a film, and further tens of millions advertising it, cheaping out on a voice-over makes no sense.
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It's "Hide my radiator, please!" in its "renovator's notebook" offers the alternatives of going the custom route, with building cabinetry around them; going semicustom by ordering customs online after measuring the unit and choosing a material and finish; and cheaping things out by "disguising the radiator as a cloth-draped table."
James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Sex, Cars, and Malcolm Gladwell 2009
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That's what you get for my dad cheaping out on stuff like this.
Windows 7 RC Will Start Nagging, Auto-Rebooting In March 2010 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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SingingWolf has an interesting idea about trying more cocoa butter rather than cheaping out with just the olive oil and beeswax.
Herbal Deodorant & First Week of Use Anne-Marie 2007
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The title comes off as a typo, definitely cheaping down the perceived quality of the blog.
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About 40 percent will cut back on gifts for friends; 30 percent are cheaping out on service providers (delivery people, hairdressers, manicurists, and the like); and 29 percent will skimp on co-workers.
Americans look forward to a happy, but less plentiful, holiday season 2008
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"It smelled to me like here's somebody who could very well afford anything, and she's cheaping out of it," said Elsa Peterson, 43, a nurse, to The Washington Post.
On The Road To Power 2008
bilby commented on the word cheaping
Hence cheaping-town for a town famed for its market. Note this snippet on the Wikipedia entry for the town of Chipping Norton in England:
'The town's name means 'market north town', with "Chipping" (from Old English cēping) meaning market.'
December 25, 2012
bilby commented on the word cheaping
Also chepinge.
August 17, 2022