Cheap Word Meaning

late 15th century: from an obsolete phrase good cheap ‘a good bargain’, from Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’, based on Latin caupo ‘small trader, innkeeper’

low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services

low in price

• local buses were reliable and cheap

of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort

of little worth

• her moment of cheap triumph

at or for a low price

at or for low price

• a house that was going cheap because of the war