• (GA) IPA: /t͡ʃip/
• (RP) enPR: chēp, IPA: /t͡ʃiːp/

cheap

1. (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
2. (obsolete) A market; marketplace.
3. Price.
4. (obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:

     The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe.

5. Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.

cheap (comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)

1. Low and/or reduced in price.
   • 1691, John Locke, Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money

     Where there are many sellers and few purchases, land will be cheap.

2. Of poor quality.
3. Of little worth.

   • You grow cheap in every subject's eye.

4. (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.

   the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks

5. (informal, chiefly, derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.

   Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire.

6. (finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

   The ETF is trading cheap to NAV right now; we can arb this by buying the ETF and selling the underlying constituents.

• (low/reduced in price) bargain, inexpensive, frugal, no-frills, priced-off
• (of poor quality) flimsy

• (low or reduced in price) dear, expensive, high-priced, pricey
• (of low value) precious, valuable
• (financial markets) rich

• chapman
• cheap and cheerful
• cheap as chips
• cheap drunk
• cheapen
• cheapjack
• cheaply
• cheapness
• cheap shot
• cheapskate
• cheapstead
• dirt cheap
• el cheapo
• on the cheap
• talk is cheap
• hold cheap

• French: bon marché, pas cher, peu cher, économique
• German: billig, preiswert, preisgünstig
• Italian: economico, a buon mercato
• Portuguese: barato (low); barateado (reduced)
• Russian: дешёвый
• Spanish: barato, económico

• French: (colloquial) à deux balles, au rabais
• German: billig
• Italian: scadente
• Portuguese: barato
• Russian: низкопро́бный
• Spanish: barato, corriente

• French: modique
• Italian: scadente
• Portuguese: vil, reles
• Russian: дешёвый

• French: radin
• German: geizig
• Russian: скупо́й

cheap (cheaps, present participle cheaping; past and past participle cheaped)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To sell.

cheap

1. Cheaply.