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" Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive."
Harry Chapin

Meaning of "cheap" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHEAP

Old English ceap barter, bargain, price, property; related to Old Norse kaup bargain, Old High German kouf trade, Latin caupō innkeeper.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHEAP

tʃiːp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEAP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cheap can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CHEAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cheap in the English dictionary

The first definition of cheap in the dictionary is costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value. Other definition of cheap is charging low prices. Cheap is also of poor quality; shoddy.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEAP

asleep · beep · cheep · creep · deep · heap · Jeep · keep · leap · overcheap · peep · reap · sheep · sleep · steep · Streep · sweep · upkeep · veep · weep

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEAP

cheap as chips · cheap money · cheap out · cheap shot · cheap-jack · cheap-rate · cheapen · cheapener · cheapie · cheapish · cheapishly · cheaply · cheapness · cheapo · cheapskate · cheat · cheatable · cheater · cheatery

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEAP

aheap · ant-heap · compost heap · dirt cheap · dirt-cheap · dung heap · dustheap · junk heap · manure heap · muck heap · on the cheap · on the scrapheap · overheap · sandheap · scrapheap · slag heap · trash heap · upheap

Synonyms and antonyms of cheap in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHEAP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cheap» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «cheap» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CHEAP

Find out the translation of cheap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cheap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cheap» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

便宜的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

barato
570 millions of speakers
en

English

cheap
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सस्ते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رَخِيص
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дешевый
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

barato
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সস্তা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bon marché
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Murah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

billig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

安い
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mirah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rẻ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மலிவான
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्वस्त
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ucuz
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

conveniente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

tani
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дешевий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ieftin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φτηνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goedkoop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

billig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

billig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cheap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEAP»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of cheap
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cheap».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cheap

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHEAP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cheap.
1
Richard Ayoade
I've only ever really been in shows of friends, so I don't know exactly what happened. I think I'm incredibly cheap to hire. That can buy some traction. I'm as cheap as it's possible for an actor to be legally.
2
Joe Baca
Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.
3
Randy Bachman
My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.
4
Hosea Ballou
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
5
John Battelle
The home phone is relatively cheap, incredibly reliable, and - if you buy the right phone - will work for years without replacement. Oh, and far as I can tell, a home phone won't give you brain cancer. In a perfect world, the hard line should have become a platform for building out an entire app ecosystem for the home. And yet... it didn't.
6
Dave Brat
The American people want to pay attention to serious ideas again. Our founding was built by people who were political philosophers, and we need to get back to that, away from this kind of cheap political rhetoric of Right and Left.
7
Ronald Burkle
Since I was 13, I've been buying things because they are ridiculously cheap.
8
Amanda Burton
I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for every flaw. It makes me so angry. I really wonder what it is we are doing to ourselves, because I do think women can be the worst ones for picking each other apart.
9
Robert Casey
Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.
10
Harry Chapin
Good dreams don't come cheap, you've got to pay for them and If you just dream when you're asleep this is no way for them to come alive... to survive.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEAP»

Discover the use of cheap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cheap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Very Short Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book ...
In teaching you how to critically appraise and work with leadership theories rather than faithfully accept them, this book will not merely make you a better student of leadership; it could make you a better leader too.
Brad Jackson, Ken Parry, 2011
2
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Spotlighting the peculiar forces that drove Americans away from quality, durability, and craftsmanship and towards quantity, quantity, and more quantity, Ellen Ruppel Shell traces the rise of the bargain through our current big-box ...
Ellen Ruppel Shell, 2009
3
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book ...
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here The first two editions of this book were a runaway success with students who loved the lively, focused and challenging discussion of classical and current ideas about organizations ...
Chris Grey, 2012
4
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book ...
'I love this book...it is novel, punchy and extremely well written.
Chris Carter, Stewart R Clegg, Martin Kornberger, 2008
5
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book ...
Writing in an informal and accessible style, David Silverman offers the reader an entry into the broader issues of qualitative research that many textbooks gloss over - the underlying arguments of qualitative research and the key debates ...
David Silverman, 2007
6
Cheap?: The Real Cost of Living in a Low Price, Low Wage World
The choice of products on offer is immense, and customers are inundated with a vast range of goods, costing very little money.In this compelling, powerful and shocking account of society's greedy over-consumption, David Bosshart paints a ...
David Bosshart, 2006
7
Talk Is Cheap : Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of ...
Also, and importantly, this text highlights several new ways in which the English language is evolving (and has evolved) in response to our postmodern world view.
Minnesota John Haiman Professor of Linguistics Macalester College, 1998
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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book ...
A readable, thoughtful and intelligent book that students will love' - John Hassard, University of Manchester Written to inform, challenge and entertain, this book explains alternative ways of thinking about management and managing people ...
Ann L Cunliffe, 2009
9
You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap): How One Woman ...
Now they are living the voluntary downsizing; or smart-sizing; dream. In this book Strobel combines research on well-being with numerous real-world examples to offer practical inspiration.
Tammy Strobel, 2012
10
Cheap Amusements
Cheap Amusements argues that a crucial part of the "reorientation of American culture" originated from below, specifically in the subculture of working women to be found in urban dance halls and amusement resorts.
Kathy Peiss, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cheap is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Build your own Terminator arm for cheap
Once the arm is pieced together, a cheap can of silver spray paint makes it look just like the one from "Terminator 2: Judgement Day.". «CNET, Jul 15»
2
9 Incredible Things You Can Do With Cheap Plastic Hangers
Clothing hangers probably top the list of things you'd rather not spend money on. Those cheap plastic hangers you've had since your dorm ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Cheap cigarettes in UAE bring a high cost to health, doctor says
The UAE has some of the lowest tobacco prices in the world, but this only encourages more people to smoke, say medical experts. They insist ... «The National, Jul 15»
4
Tyre manufacturers to go to regulator over deluge of cheap imports
SA's R30bn tyre industry has decried the flood of cheap imports, particularly from China, and will take its gripes to the International Trade ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
5
5 Things To Do Outside Today: Cheap Tacos, 'Big Night' At …
Eat Cheap Tacos On A Patio: Head for the patio at Crew Bar and Grill for $1 taco night. You can choose between chicken, veggie or ground ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
6
Ryanair are offering one million cheap seats on a range of different …
Ryanair celebrated the 30th anniversary of the airline's first ever flight today and to celebrate, a helluva lot of cheap seats will be made available on flights ... «JOE, Jul 15»
7
Tips for cheap last-minute vacations
Meanwhile, on Trivago.com, click on a beach icon to find cheap hotels near the water. According to The Financial Post, travelers in Maryland ... «WTOP, Jul 15»
8
Helio Returns With Cheap But Slow Wireless Plan
Remember Helio? The wireless carrier is back with a $29 per month unlimited phone plan. For $29, which includes taxes and fees, you get ... «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
9
How Starbucks Gets Away With Charging a Fortune for Cheap Beans
Millions of groggy people this morning grubbed up an additional 5¢ to 20¢ for their Starbucks fix. No biggie. Most probably swiped or scanned ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
10
EE unveils ultra-cheap £39 4G smartphone
While there are a number of similarly cheap handsets out there, EE's high profile, the promise of EE's 4G network and the latest version of ... «Alphr, Jul 15»
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