cheap

Definition

  • adjective: not costing a lot of money
  • adjective: purchasable below the going price or the real value
  • often + 'with'
  • synonyms: bargain, purchase, cheapness

Examples

  • He likes to harass the neighbor's dog as a 'cheap thrill'. [=a minor thing done for entertainment]

  • His services don't 'come cheap'. [=his services are not cheap; his services are expensive]

  • My mother-in-law's 'cheapness' [='stinginess'] can be annoying.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ..whenever l feel like it. Say we'll go there sometime to that pier... ..even if we only just talk about it. No, we'll do it. We'll drink cheap beer. Ride on the roller coaster. Then we'll ride horses on the beach... ..right in the surf. But like a real cowboy. Not that sidesaddle stuff. (..)
    1997 Titanic
  • (..) - What's the artist's name ? - Something Picasso. ''Something Picasso''. He won't amount to a thing. Trust me. - Put the Degas in the bedroom. - At least they were cheap. Put it in the wardrobe. (Rose) At Cherbourg, a woman came aboard named Margaret Brown. History would call her (..)
    1997 Titanic