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# cheap

«cheap» in Mova's school dictionary: **it costs only a little money** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (cheap, cheaper, cheapest); adverb (cheaply)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cheap means it costs only a little money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#m1)

2) Cheap can mean low quality, badly made: «a cheap toy that broke». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#m2)

3) Cheap can mean not kind or not fair: «a cheap trick». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a comparison of prices; «cheaper by» or «how much cheaper» asks for a difference; «cheapest» picks the smallest price; in everyday life: compare prices to find the cheapest, but cheap is not always good value; phrases: «cheap and cheerful», «on the cheap», «cheaper by the dozen»

### examples

- The pen is 2 dollars cheaper than the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x1)
- Which toy is the cheapest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x2)
- Apples are cheap this week at 1 dollar a kilo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x3)
- How much cheaper is the red bag? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x4)
- Buying a big pack is often cheaper per item. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x5)
- The cheap umbrella broke in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x6)
- Tickets are cheaper for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x7)
- That was a cheap trick to win the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x8)
- Early apples, ladies; early pears and apricots, and all cheap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/#x9)

### note

Compares prices: «cheaper than» means a smaller price, so take away. Trap: «A is 3 dollars cheaper than B» – to find B, add 3 to A. Opposite: expensive, dear. Compare value per item: price ÷ number of items.

### In the corpora

- [Then they choose the cheap fun: a picnic and a library trip instead of the cinema.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/6/)
- [Saving up is slower than borrowing but cheaper, because no interest is paid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/20/)
- [Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/0/)
- [What is the total at the end, and is there a cheaper way?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/8/)
- ["Value" on a shop's own brand can mean cheap and of low quality.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cheap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.