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.
(..) get their high school diploma. Why do you think he lets me do all that? Keep you happy and doing the laundry. Money instead of sheets. Well, I work cheap. That's the tradeoff. Tommy Williams came to Shawshank in ... ...on a two-year stretch for B and E. That's breaking and entering to you. (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption