cheap

cheap
1. adjective
1) billig; (at reduced rate) verbilligt

be cheap and nasty — billiger Ramsch sein

be cheap at the price — sehr preiswert sein; (fig.) es wert sein

on the cheap — (coll.) billig

2) (worthless) billig [Aussehen]; gemein [Lügner]; schäbig [Verhalten, Betragen]
2. adverb
billig

be going cheap — besonders günstig sein (ugs.)

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[ i:p]
adjective
1) (low in price: Eggs are cheap just now.) billig
2) (of poor quality; vulgar; contemptible: cheap jewellery; a cheap trick.) minderwertig
- academic.ru/85260/cheaply">cheaply
- cheapness
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cheap
[tʃi:p]
adj
1. (inexpensive) billig, preiswert, SCHWEIZ a. günstig
a \cheap ticket eine ermäßigte Eintritts-/Fahrkarte
dirt \cheap spottbillig fam
to buy sth \cheap etw billig [o preiswert] kaufen
they work out \cheaper by the box sie kommen billiger pro Kiste
2. (pej: exploited) billig
\cheap labour billige Arbeitskräfte
3. (worthless) wertlos
4. (pej: of bad quality) minderwertig, billig
5. (pej: miserly) geizig, knauserig fam, knick[e]rig fam
6. (pej: sexually easy) leicht zu haben, billig pej
to feel \cheap sich dat schäbig vorkommen
to look \cheap ordinär aussehen
7. (pej: cruel) gemein
\cheap joke about sth billiger Witz über etw akk
8.
to buy sth on the \cheap etw für 'nen Appel und 'n Ei bekommen DIAL fam, etw für ein Butterbrot bekommen
\cheap and cheerful BRIT, AUS (fam) gut und preiswert
to get sth on the \cheap (fam) etw billiger bekommen
\cheap at half the price BRIT, AUS (fam) äußerst günstig
\cheap and nasty BRIT, AUS (fam) billig und schäbig
to be \cheap and nasty [billiger] Ramsch sein pej fam
a \cheap shot ein Schuss m unter die Gürtellinie
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[tʃiːp]
1. adj (+er)
1) also adv (= inexpensive) billig

I got it cheap — ich habe es billig gekriegt

it's going cheap — es ist billig zu haben

it doesn't come cheap — es ist nicht billig

cheap and cheerful — preiswert

it's cheap at the price — es ist spottbillig

to hold sth cheap — etw gering achten

human life is cheap — ein Menschenleben ist nicht viel wert

2) (= poor quality) billig, minderwertig

everything they sell is cheap and nasty — sie verkaufen nur Ramsch

3) (fig: mean, shallow, sexually cheap) joke, flattery, thrill, girl billig; person, behaviour, appearance ordinär

to feel cheap — sich (dat) schäbig vorkommen

how can you be so cheap! — wie kannst du nur so gemein sein!

to make oneself cheap — sich entwürdigen; (by loose living) sich wegwerfen

2. n

on the cheap — auf die billige Tour (inf)

to buy sth on the cheap (inf) — etw für einen Pappenstiel (inf) or einen Apfel und ein Ei (inf) kaufen

to make sth on the cheap (inf) — etw ganz billig produzieren

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cheap [tʃiːp]
A adj (adv cheaply)
1. a) billig (auch WIRTSCH Geld), preiswert
b) verbilligt:
(as) cheap as dirt umg spottbillig;
cheap flights Billigflüge;
cheap rate TEL etc Billigtarif m
2. billig, minderwertig:
look cheap and nasty nach Ramsch aussehen
3. fig
a) schäbig (Verhalten):
feel cheap sich schäbig vorkommen;
hold sth cheap eine geringe Meinung von etwas haben
b) gemein (Lügner etc)
4. besonders US geizig
B adv billig:
get sth cheap
C s on the cheap umg billig
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1. adjective
1) billig; (at reduced rate) verbilligt

be cheap and nasty — billiger Ramsch sein

be cheap at the price — sehr preiswert sein; (fig.) es wert sein

on the cheap — (coll.) billig

2) (worthless) billig [Aussehen]; gemein [Lügner]; schäbig [Verhalten, Betragen]
2. adverb
billig

be going cheap — besonders günstig sein (ugs.)

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adj.
billig adj.
kostengünstig adj.
minderwertig adj.

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