Cheap
adjective
Not costing a lot of money.
She bought a cheap pair of shoes.
Often appears as...
- cheap clothes
- cheap food
adjective
Poor quality because of low cost.
It's a cheap toy and broke easily.
Often appears as...
- cheap product
- cheap materials
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Desiring to spend as little money as possible.
He's too cheap to pay for dinner.
Often appears as...
- cheap person
- cheap behavior
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in dignity or value.
It was a cheap trick to win the game.
Often appears as...
- cheap shot
- cheap stunt
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
At or for a low price.
They sell products cheap to attract customers.
Often appears as...
- buy cheap
- sell cheap
adjective
Not costing a lot of money.
She bought a cheap pair of shoes.
Often appears as...
- cheap clothes
- cheap food
adjective
Poor quality because of low cost.
It's a cheap toy and broke easily.
Often appears as...
- cheap product
- cheap materials
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Desiring to spend as little money as possible.
He's too cheap to pay for dinner.
Often appears as...
- cheap person
- cheap behavior
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
adjective
Lacking in dignity or value.
It was a cheap trick to win the game.
Often appears as...
- cheap shot
- cheap stunt
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
At or for a low price.
They sell products cheap to attract customers.
Often appears as...
- buy cheap
- sell cheap
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, buying cheap can be seen as thrifty and smart, not negative.
Getting these cheap items was a smart deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While 'cheap' can imply low quality, it often just refers to the low price.
I found a cheap flight for our trip.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Spin
Companies might avoid 'cheap' for its negative tone, preferring 'affordable.'
We offer affordable prices for quality service.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, buying cheap can be seen as thrifty and smart, not negative.
Getting these cheap items was a smart deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While 'cheap' can imply low quality, it often just refers to the low price.
I found a cheap flight for our trip.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Spin
Companies might avoid 'cheap' for its negative tone, preferring 'affordable.'
We offer affordable prices for quality service.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
In some cultures, buying cheap can be seen as thrifty and smart, not negative.
Getting these cheap items was a smart deal.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While 'cheap' can imply low quality, it often just refers to the low price.
I found a cheap flight for our trip.
Pro Tip 3/3Marketing Spin
Companies might avoid 'cheap' for its negative tone, preferring 'affordable.'
We offer affordable prices for quality service.
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Video examples
My journey from Marine...
And it's just me and janitor man. And I pick him up, and I wipe sweat and cheap perfume off his forehead. And he begs me not to hurt him and I grab him tight by his janitor-man shirt collar, and I pull him to my face and he's taller than me but the cape helps, so he listens when I look him straight in the eyes.
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Making a TED-Ed Lesson:...
translate from a sketch to the actual prototype. Instead of using fancy paper, start with the cheap stuff and allow yourself to make mistakes and adjustments. This prototype lets you see how your preliminary sketches will come to life. You will want to first draw all individual parts on a single sheet,
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Botswana's Bushmen Part...
preserve the animals in the area in fact the animal the numbers of animals are increasing so that simply isn't true they then said it was very expensive to provide this water service to the peoples in reserve in fact it's very cheap it's much more expensive to relocate them elsewhere so that isn't
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How to create cleaner...
So these positive pollution-busting forces, although they're available, have barely been used in commercial power plants because they cost a lot. But ultimately, the bigger problem is that in most parts of the world, it's still too easy and much cheaper to keep emitting carbon dioxide,
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How equal do we want the...
Some people, we told them it was cheap. And the expensive pain medication worked better. It relieved more pain from people, because expectations do change our physiology. And of course, we all know that in sports, if you are a fan of a particular team, you can't help but see the game
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Elon Musk: A future...
Any goods and services will be available to anyone who wants them. It'll be so cheap to have goods and services, it will be ridiculous. I'm presuming it should be possible to imagine a bunch of goods and services that can't profitably be made now but could be made in that world,
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A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
and motivate farmers to move away from rice plastic is very cheap true but I can make it as cheap I can with volumes and once when I get the volumes I get on to the farmers directly and start procuring raw materials directly from
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Mick Mountz: What...
In this particular case, we challenged ourselves with the What if we had to build a distribution center in China, where it's a very, very low-cost market? And say, labor is cheap, land is cheap. And we said specifically,
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
this really will be a world of abundance any goods and services uh will be available to anyone who wants them that it'll be so cheap to have goods and services it'll be ridiculous
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Math, magic and Rubik’s...
make up our world and whether you're an artist scientist or philosopher or just trying to figure out the cheapest airfare on the internet
Video examples
My journey from Marine...
And it's just me and janitor man. And I pick him up, and I wipe sweat and cheap perfume off his forehead. And he begs me not to hurt him and I grab him tight by his janitor-man shirt collar, and I pull him to my face and he's taller than me but the cape helps, so he listens when I look him straight in the eyes.
Video examples
Making a TED-Ed Lesson:...
translate from a sketch to the actual prototype. Instead of using fancy paper, start with the cheap stuff and allow yourself to make mistakes and adjustments. This prototype lets you see how your preliminary sketches will come to life. You will want to first draw all individual parts on a single sheet,
Video examples
Botswana's Bushmen Part...
preserve the animals in the area in fact the animal the numbers of animals are increasing so that simply isn't true they then said it was very expensive to provide this water service to the peoples in reserve in fact it's very cheap it's much more expensive to relocate them elsewhere so that isn't
Video examples
How to create cleaner...
So these positive pollution-busting forces, although they're available, have barely been used in commercial power plants because they cost a lot. But ultimately, the bigger problem is that in most parts of the world, it's still too easy and much cheaper to keep emitting carbon dioxide,
Video examples
How equal do we want the...
Some people, we told them it was cheap. And the expensive pain medication worked better. It relieved more pain from people, because expectations do change our physiology. And of course, we all know that in sports, if you are a fan of a particular team, you can't help but see the game
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
Any goods and services will be available to anyone who wants them. It'll be so cheap to have goods and services, it will be ridiculous. I'm presuming it should be possible to imagine a bunch of goods and services that can't profitably be made now but could be made in that world,
Video examples
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
and motivate farmers to move away from rice plastic is very cheap true but I can make it as cheap I can with volumes and once when I get the volumes I get on to the farmers directly and start procuring raw materials directly from
Video examples
Mick Mountz: What...
In this particular case, we challenged ourselves with the What if we had to build a distribution center in China, where it's a very, very low-cost market? And say, labor is cheap, land is cheap. And we said specifically,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
this really will be a world of abundance any goods and services uh will be available to anyone who wants them that it'll be so cheap to have goods and services it'll be ridiculous
Video examples
Math, magic and Rubik’s...
make up our world and whether you're an artist scientist or philosopher or just trying to figure out the cheapest airfare on the internet
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jeff Dunham
American Comedian
I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going to have some legs to it - that it's really going to work. If I can come up with jokes and material that I think will work, then I make a cheap version of the doll. Achmed started out just being this little plastic toy from the store.
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Harry Triguboff
Australian Businessman
This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.
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Alice Walker
American Author
If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs.
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John Dos Passos
American Novelist
Love is cheap. You can buy it anywhere. Lives are cheap. It's money that's dear. You have to work days and sit up nights thinking how to make money.
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Hunx
American Musician
I didn't know that buying expensive paint was a good thing and important. I always used whatever is cheapest, which I'm into, too.
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James Murphy
American Musician
For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply.
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Jesse Livermore
American Businessman
It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time.
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Catherine Helen Spence
Australian Author
I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Estonian Politician
It's much cheaper to influence elections than it is to go to war.
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Dan Bongino
American Educator
Talk is cheap if it doesn't motivate action.
Quote examples
Jeff Dunham
American Comedian
I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going to have some legs to it - that it's really going to work. If I can come up with jokes and material that I think will work, then I make a cheap version of the doll. Achmed started out just being this little plastic toy from the store.
Quote examples
Harry Triguboff
Australian Businessman
This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs.
Quote examples
John Dos Passos
American Novelist
Love is cheap. You can buy it anywhere. Lives are cheap. It's money that's dear. You have to work days and sit up nights thinking how to make money.
Quote examples
Hunx
American Musician
I didn't know that buying expensive paint was a good thing and important. I always used whatever is cheapest, which I'm into, too.
Quote examples
James Murphy
American Musician
For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply.
Quote examples
Jesse Livermore
American Businessman
It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time.
Quote examples
Catherine Helen Spence
Australian Author
I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.
Quote examples
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Estonian Politician
It's much cheaper to influence elections than it is to go to war.
Quote examples
Dan Bongino
American Educator
Talk is cheap if it doesn't motivate action.
Example 1 of 10
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