Cheap — Defs

01 n. A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

1.
A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.[Obs.]
“The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe.” — Shak.

02 a. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

1.
Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.
“Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap.” — Locke.
2.
Of comparatively small value; common; mean.
“You grow cheap in every subject's eye.” — Dryden.

Phrases & compounds

Dog cheap — very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]<-- = dirt cheap?-->

03 adv. Cheaply.

04 v. i. To buy; to bargain.