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From Old English cēap (“trade”). Originally a loan from Latin caupo (“tradesman, innkeeper”), whence also Old High German kouf (see German Kauf) and Finnish kauppa (“shop”).
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cheap (comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)
- Low and/or reduced in price.
- Of poor quality.
- Of little worth.
- (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) underhand; dubious.
- (derogatory) frugal; stingy
- Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire.
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low in price
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: رَخِيص (ar) (rakhiiS) m.
- Egyptian Arabic: رخيص (rikhiiS) m.
- Armenian: էժան (hy) (ēžan)
- Basque: merke (eu)
- Belarusian: танны (be) (tánny)
- Bosnian: jeftin (bs) m.
- Bulgarian: евтин (bg) (evtin) m.
- Catalan: barat (ca)
- Chamicuro: warato
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 便宜 (cmn) (piányi) (+ 的 + de)
- Czech: levný (cs) m.
- Danish: billig (da)
- Dutch: goedkoop (nl), betaalbaar (nl) (affordable)
- Esperanto: malmultekosta (eo)
- Estonian: odav (et)
- Finnish: halpa (fi)
- French: bon marché (fr), pas cher, peu cher
- Georgian: იაფფასიანი (ka) (iap'p'asiani)
- German: billig (de), preiswert (de), preisgünstig (de)
- Greek: φθηνός (el), φτηνός (el)
- Hebrew: זול (he) (zol) m., זולה (he) (zola) f.
- Hindi: सस्ता (hi) (sastā)
- Hungarian: olcsó (hu)
- Icelandic: ódýr (is)
- Ido: chipa (io)
- Irish: saor (ga)
- Italian: economico (it) m., economica (it) f.
- Japanese: 安い (ja) (やすい (ja), yasui), 安価 (ja) (あんか (ja), anka), (extremely cheap) 激安 (ja) (げきやす (ja), gekiyasu)
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- Korean: (attributive) 싼 (ko) (ssan), (predicative) 싸다 (ko) (ssada)
- Kurdish: ههرزان (ku)
- Lao: ຖືກ (lo) (thyyk)
- Latin: vīlis (la)
- Latvian: lēts (lv) m., lēta (lv) f.
- Lithuanian: pigus (lt) m., pigi (lt) f.
- Luxembourgish: bëlleg (lb)
- Macedonian: евтин (mk) (évtin) m.
- Manx: neuphriosoil (gv)
- Persian: ارزان (fa) (arzân)
- Polish: tani (pl) m.
- Portuguese: barato (pt)
- Romanian: ieftin (ro)
- Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun) bunmartgà (rm), (Sursilvan) bienmarcau (rm), (Sutsilvan) bùnmartgieu (rm), (Surmiran) bunmartgea (rm), (Puter) bunmarcho (rm), (Vallader) bunmarchà (rm)
- Russian: дешёвый (ru) (dešóvyj), недорогой (ru) (n'edorogój)
- Serbo-Croatian: јефтин (sh), jeftin (sh)
- Slovak: lacný (sk) m., lacná (sk) f., lacné (sk) n.
- Slovene: poceni (sl)
- Spanish: barato (es), económico (es)
- Swedish: billig (sv)
- Telugu: చౌక (te) (cauka)
- Thai: ถูก (th) (thūk)
- Turkish: ucuz (tr)
- Ukrainian: дешевий (uk) (dešévyj)
- Urdu: سستا (ur) (sastā), ارزاں (ur) (arzān)
- Uyghur: ئەرزان (ug)
- Vietnamese: rẻ (vi)
- Volapük: jerik (vo)
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