cheapness

Roget category 815

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations

#815. Cheapness

noun

cheapness, low price — depreciation — bargain — good penny worth &c. — snap [U.S.].
[Absence of charge] gratuity — free quarters, free seats, free admission, pass, free pass, free warren, give-away, freebee [Coll.] — run of one's teeth — nominal price, peppercorn rent — labor of love.
drug in the market — deadhead^†.

verb

be cheap etc. adj. — cost little — come down in price, fall in price.
buy for a mere nothing, buy for an old song — have one's money's worth.

adjective

cheap — low, low priced — moderate, reasonable — inexpensive, unexpensive^† — well worth the money, worth the money — magnifique et pas cher [Fr.] — good at the price, cheap at the price — dirt cheap, dog cheap — cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty — catchpenny — discounted etc. 813.
half-price, depreciated, unsalable.
gratuitous, gratis, free, for nothing — costless, expenseless^† — without charge, not charged, untaxed — scotfree, shotfree^†, rent-free — free of cost, free of expense — honorary, unbought, unpaid.

adverb

for a mere song, for a song — at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction — a bon marche [Fr.].

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