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

  • (..) What business is it of yours what I do with my own things? I think you've had that ring quite long enough. -You want it for yourseIf! -Bilbo Baggins! Do not take me for some conjurer of cheap tricks. I am not trying to rob you. I'm trying to help you. All your long years,we've been friends. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring