GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Cheap , n. [AS. ceáp bargain, sale, price; akin to D. koop purchase, G. kauf, Icel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.] A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]1913 Webster
The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe.
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Cheap, a. [Abbrev. fr. “good cheap”: a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon marché, à bon marché. See Cheap, n., Cheapen.]
- Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.1913 Webster
Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap.
Locke.1913 Webster - Of comparatively small value; common; mean.1913 Webster
You grow cheap in every subject's eye.
Dryden.1913 WebsterDog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
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- Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.
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Cheap, adv. Cheaply.Milton.1913 Webster
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Cheap, v. i. To buy; to bargain. [Obs.]Chaucer.1913 Webster