Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being cheap; lowness in price or value.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
cheap
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
- noun a price below the standard price
Etymologies
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Examples
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Page 194: “In call new colones the great quantity of waste land, which can for many years be applied to no other purpose but the feeding of cattle, soon renders them extremely abundant, and in every thing great cheapness is the necessary consequence of great abundance.”
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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Page 194: “In call new colones the great quantity of waste land, which can for many years be applied to no other purpose but the feeding of cattle, soon renders them extremely abundant, and in every thing great cheapness is the necessary consequence of great abundance.”
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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So while we strangle ourselves in search of short-term cheapness, the world is passing us by and then we rail against those who have cheated, obviously, because we are the rightful heirs to the throne of world domination.
Lance Simmens: Cheap Thrills and National Security Lance Simmens 2010
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So while we strangle ourselves in search of short-term cheapness, the world is passing us by and then we rail against those who have cheated, obviously, because we are the rightful heirs to the throne of world domination.
Lance Simmens: Cheap Thrills and National Security Lance Simmens 2010
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So while we strangle ourselves in search of short-term cheapness, the world is passing us by and then we rail against those who have cheated, obviously, because we are the rightful heirs to the throne of world domination.
Lance Simmens: Cheap Thrills and National Security Lance Simmens 2010
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So while we strangle ourselves in search of short-term cheapness, the world is passing us by and then we rail against those who have cheated, obviously, because we are the rightful heirs to the throne of world domination.
Lance Simmens: Cheap Thrills and National Security Lance Simmens 2010
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"The cheapness is an opportunity to buy," Mr. Orlando says.
Shiny Newcomers Steal Glow From Old Tech Jonathan Cheng 2011
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"The cheapness is an opportunity to buy," Mr. Orlando says.
Shiny Newcomers Steal Glow From Old Tech Jonathan Cheng 2011
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If we recall the cheapness of government securities under the Empire, and the liberality of Napoleon towards those of his faithful servants who knew how to ask for it, we can readily see that the Baron di Piombo must have been a man of stern integrity.
The Vendetta 2007
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Apparently, it is cheap and the cheapness is the attraction.
wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2005
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